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Calonectris edwardsii (Cape Verde Shearwater)

Synonyms: Puffinus edwardsii; Puffinus spec

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cape Verde shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii), 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.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.7608
EDGE Score: 3.15792
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.971 lbs (894 g)
Birth Weight [1]  68 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.834 lbs (832 g)
Male Weight [1]  2.108 lbs (956 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  14.9 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  40 %
Diet - Scavenger [2]  20 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  50 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  2.717 inches (69 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.772 inches (45 mm)
Fledging [1]  3 months 2 days
Incubation [3]  52 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  25 years
Wing Span [3]  3.477 feet (1.06 m)
Female Maturity [1]  8 years 4 months

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Ilhéu Branco Cape Verde A1, A2, A4ii  
Ilhéu Raso Cape Verde A1, A2, A4ii, A4iii  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

Prey / Diet

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0