Cape Verde Shearwater
Calonectris edwardsii(Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1883)
English (US) Cape Verde Shearwater
The Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: breeds Cape Verde Islands; ranges mainly in upwelling systems of tropical and South AtlanticRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calonectris edwardsii
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Cape Verde Shearwater
- Described by
- (Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Puffinus Edwardsii
- Described by
- (Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1883)
- Type locality
- Branco, Cape Verde Islands.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie (6), 16 art.5 p.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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