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==Identification==
 
==Identification==

Revision as of 21:27, 6 January 2011

Photo by Glen Tepke
West of Isles of Scilly, UK, September 2004

Alternative name: Cape Verde Petrel

Pterodroma feae

Identification

33–36 cm

  • Grey back and wings
  • Dark "W" marking across the wings
  • Blackish undersides of wings
  • White belly.

Confusion Species

In flight is reminiscent of Great Shearwater or maybe a small Cory's Shearwater, but their underwings are not dark.

Most similar to Zino's Petrel which is smaller and has a less heavy bill.

Distribution

Breeds in the Cape Verde Islands, Desertas islands and Madeira Islands (Bugio Island); ranges eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Taxonomy

Closely related to Zino's (Madeira) Petrel.

Previously considered a subspecies of the Soft-plumaged Petrel, P. mollis.

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Open sea.

Behaviour

Pelagic except when breeding.

Breeding

Colonial nester, using either abandoned rabbit burrows, ones that it has excavates itself or in holes in rocks. A single white egg is laid. The nest is visited at night.

Diet

The diet includes planktonic food items from the ocean surface.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Madeira Birds
  4. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6

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