December 12, 2020 - Fea’s Petrel (Pterodroma feae)
These petrels are found in the Atlantic Ocean from the northwestern coast of Africa, north to western Europe and west to the southeastern United States. Previously considered a subspecies of the soft-plumaged petrel, DNA testing has shown that they are not very closely related. They eat small fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and plankton, often feeding in large flocks and sometimes following ships. Breeding on the Cape Verde and Madeira Islands, they nest in colonies which adults visit only at night. They nest in burrows or holes between rocks, where females lay a single egg which both parents incubate. They are listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN because of threats including invasive predators and hunting in their small breeding range.
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