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Cape Verde Shearwater

Cape Verde Shearwater - Adult

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Between S. Nicolau and Raso islet, from a boat

Country image taken

» Cape Verde Islands

Date

» November, 2010

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Calonectris edwardsii - Cape Verde Shearwater

Bird Species (French)

»Puffin du Cap-Vert

Bird Family

»Procellariidae - Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Bird Group

»Procellariiformes Albatross, Petrel, Storm-petrel, Shearwater

Bird Status

» Near Threatened

Remarks

» Image obtained during tour of AviFauna (Sweden), 5-15 November 2010. Species recently split from C. diomedea, separated in the basis of strong genetic and morphometric differences. Status accepted by BirdLife International (2010)

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