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Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii



Family: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Authority: (Oustalet, 1883)

Red List Category

Criteria: C1; D2

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Near Threatened owing to its moderately small population and range size. The effect of invasive species as well as of small-scale and industrial fisheries on the population is not known. The species may warrant uplisting to a higher threat category when more data on its population size and trends are acquired.



Population size: 13800 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 24,300,000 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
Land-mass type - oceanic island
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/cape-verde-shearwater-calonectris-edwardsii on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.