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Taxonomic note

Pterodroma feae and P. deserta (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as P. feae following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

 

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Near Threatened	D2
2016	Near Threatened	D2
2014	Near Threatened	D2
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	19,200,000 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	2,600 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1000-2000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2000
Population trend	unknown	poor	observed	1962-2010
Generation length	16 years	-	-	-

Population justification: An estimated 500-1,000 pairs breed on the Cape Verde Islands (Hazevoet 1995, Ratcliffe et al. 2000), although this must be regarded as an absolute minimum, as further colonies probably exist on Fogo and Santa Antão, and individuals have also been observed breeding in the central mountain range of Santiago Island (Ratcliffe et al. 2000) and in the PN Serra Malagueta (Santiago). Until further data are available, the population is estimated at 1,000-2,000 mature individuals, assumed to equate to 1,500-3,000 individuals in total.

Trend justification: Although a further analysis is necessary to assess the current population trend, preliminary results of data collected on Fogo reflect a decline due to a number of threats, which are likely to be similar in the four breeding islands since all of them are inhabited by rural communities (Militão et al. 2016, 2017).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Cape Verde	extant	native		yes
Ireland	presence uncertain	vagrant
Israel	presence uncertain	vagrant
Morocco	presence uncertain	uncertain
Portugal	presence uncertain	uncertain
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Spain	presence uncertain	uncertain
United Kingdom	presence uncertain	vagrant
USA	presence uncertain	uncertain
Western Sahara	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cape Verde	Central mountain range of Ilha de São Nicolau
Cape Verde	Cova/Paul/Ribeira da Torre Natural Park
Cape Verde	Desencaminhadinha
Cape Verde	Planato Norte
Cape Verde	Raso / São Nicolau - marine
Cape Verde	Serra do Pico da Antónia
Cape Verde	Serra Malagueta Natural Park
Cape Verde	Tope Coroa Natural Park
Cape Verde	Volcano area, Ilha do Fogo
Cape Verde	Volcano area, Ilha do Fogo - Marine
Portugal	Desertas
Portugal	Ilhas Desertas

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	breeding
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	major	non-breeding
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	major	breeding
Marine Oceanic	Mesopelagic (200-1000m)	major	non-breeding
Marine Oceanic	Mesopelagic (200-1000m)	major	breeding
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major	breeding
Altitude	800 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Capra hircus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Felis catus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 7
		Stresses Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Named species	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Fuels	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/cape-verde-petrel-pterodroma-feae on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.