Third annual report on birds from the Cape Verde Islands, including records of seven taxa new to the Archipelago

Recent data on the distribution of birds in the Cape Verde Islands are presented, including records of seven taxa new tot the archipelago, viz. Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus, Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria, Namaqua Dove Oena capensis, Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus, Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides, Western Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli, and Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis. Also included are breeding data, data on the occurrence of migrant visitors as well as data on some rare and threatened resident taxa.