Cape Verde Shearwater
Calonectris edwardsii
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.
The Cape Verde shearwater has a slim, dark bill, with head and upperparts darker than Cory's. The flight is more typically shearwater-like than Cory's, with stiffer and more rapid wing beats. The overall appearance, compared with Cory's, is of a smaller, slimmer and more angular bird.
The total population was estimated in 1993 to number about 20,000 mature individuals (10,000 breeding pairs). Numbers have declined because of over-harvesting of young birds and the species is considered to be near threatened.