Cape Verde Petrel
Pterodroma feae(Salvadori, AT, 1899)
English (US) Cape Verde Petrel
The Cape Verde Petrel (Pterodroma feae) 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: winter breeder mainly in rock crevices in montane Santo Antão, São Nicolau, Fogo, and Santiago (Cabo Verde Islands, southern Macaronesia); non-breeding range probably mostly off northwestern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma feae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Cape Verde Petrel
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1899)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oestrelata feae
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1899)
- Type locality
- San Nicolas Island, Cape Verdes.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 40 p.305
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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