Cape Verde shearwater

Cape Verde shearwater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Calonectris
Species:
C. edwardsii
Binomial name
Calonectris edwardsii
(Oustalet, 1883)

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Calonectris edwardsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22729421A132660464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22729421A132660464.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.