Cape Verde Storm Petrel

Hydrobates jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage, 1875)

Hydrobatidae — Northern Storm Petrels

Cape Verde Storm Petrel, Hydrobates jabejabe, is a seabird of the Atlantic Ocean around the Cape Verde Islands, with breeding sites on Branco, Raso, off Boavista and Rombo in the north-east, east-central and south-west of the archipelago, and it is present there throughout the year. It belongs to the family Hydrobatidae and the order Procellariiformes. It is darker in plumage than Leach's storm petrel, and its white rump is less obvious. It was described by Barboza du Bocage in 1875.

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Hydrobatidae — Northern Storm Petrels
Breeding range: Atlantic Ocean: is. Branco, Raso, off Boavista, and Rombo (ne, ec, and sw Cape Verde Is.; s Macaronesia, w of nw Africa)
Nonbreeding range: present all year around Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of nw Africa)