Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae [Salvadori, 1899] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family: Procellariidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 262 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
35 cm
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Wingspan: 87 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 320 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: pteros=wing + dromos=running and after Leonaro Fea (1852-1903) Italian ornithologist |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Cape Verde Islands, RANGES: presumably ec Atlantic |
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Habitat:
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Pelagic, breeds in mountain burrows |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Isles of Scilly, 2001
(Fisher, A & Flood, B. 2006. British Birds 99:394-400)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
3
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Cape Verde Petrel, Gon-gon | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Kap Verde-petrel | Dutch: Kaapverdische Stormvogel |
| Finnish: Kapverdenviistäjä | French: Pétrel gongon |
| German: Kapverdensturmvogel | Hungarian: |
| Icelandic: | Irish: Peadairín clúmhach Fea |
| Italian: Pterodroma del Cape Verde | Norwegian: Kapverdepetrell |
| Polish: Petel wyspowy | Portuguese: Freira do Bugio |
| Spanish: Petrel gon-gon | Swedish: Atlantpetrell |
| Local Names:Gon-gon | |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Brooke, M. de L. 2004 Albatrosses and petrels across the world Oxford University Press, Oxford [598.44 BRO] | |
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or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Read the European Species Action Plan | |
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