Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii (Oustalet, 1883)

Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae Status: Vagrant to Madeira

Calonectris edwardsii Biometrics

Wingspan: 101 - 112 cm (Howell, 2012)
Total length: 42 - 47 cm (Howell, 2012)
Tail length: 115 - 130 mm (Howell, 2012)
Bill length: 40 - 45 mm (Howell, 2012)

Status

Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2013: Exceptional
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Near Threatened ver 3.1

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