The Cape Verde shearwater, or cagarra locally, is a medium-large shearwater, a seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde archipelago of Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of West Africa. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Oustalet, J-FÉ 1883)
Reference:
Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool.
(6), 16 art.5 p.1
Protonym:
Puffinus Edwardsii
Type locality:
Branco, Cape Verde Islands.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36374031
Avibase ID:
D6AB20A5DC3C2649
Avibase ID:
avibase-D6AB20A5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D6AB20A5
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 723253
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Puffin du Cap-Vert ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Calonectris diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Puffinus diomedea edwardsii [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Calonectris edwardsii [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Cape Verde Shearwater ( Calonectris edwardsii) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Calonectris edwardsii [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Calonectris edwardsii [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Calonectris [diomedea, borealis or edwardsii]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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