What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Cape Verde Shearwater been recorded?

Calonectris edwardsii occurrence evidence comes from 60 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1910 to 2024. Most records come from Cabo Verde.

Cape Verde Shearwater
Cape Verde Shearwater — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charlotte Kirchner · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesProcellariiformesProcellariidaeCalonectris

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

60 records across 4 countries and territories, 1910–2024.

Calonectris edwardsii · GBIF taxon key 2481518

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

3 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19102024

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Cape Verde Shearwater has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Cape Verde Shearwater. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Cabo Verde 40
Western Sahara 15
New Zealand 3
United States 2

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.