Atlantic Odyssey 2010

 

 

Wildlife List Part 2– Ascension Island to the Cape Verde Islands

 

This is the list of wildlife seen during the second part of the 2010 Atlantic Odyssey expedition cruise from Ascension Island, South Atlantic to the Cape Verde Islands, off West Africa, between 23^rd & 30^th April 2010. The list covers sightings during the five days at sea and those ashore during visits to the islands of Fogo and Santiago.

 

Birds

 

Fea’s Petrel ---------------------- Pterodroma feae

Bulwer's Petrel ---------------- Bulweria bulwerii

Cory's Shearwater ------- Calonectris diomedea

Cape Verde Shearwater ----------- C. edwardsii

Boyd’s Shearwater -------------- Puffinus boydi

Sooty Shearwater ---------------------- P. griseus

White-faced Storm-petrel ----- Pelagodroma marina

European Storm-petrel --Hydrobates pelagicus

Leach’s Storm-petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel ------------ O. monorhis

Madeiran Storm-petrel –--------------- O. castro

Red-billed Tropicbird ----- Phaethon aethereus

White-tailed Tropicbird --------------P. lepturus

Red-footed Booby -------------------------- S. sula

Western Reef Egret -------------- Egretta gularis

Cattle Egret ------------------------- Bubulcus ibis

Little Egret ----------------------- Egretta garzetta

Purple Heron --------------------- Ardea purpurea

Grey Heron ------------------------------ A. cinerea

Eurasian Spoonbill ---------- Platalea leucorodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Kestrel -------------- Falco tinnunculus

Common Moorhen --------- Gallinula chloropus

Kentish Plover -------- Charadrius alexandrinus

Greenshank ---------------------- Tringa nebularia

Ruddy Turnstone ------------- Arenaria interpres

Long-tailed Skua ------------------- S. longicaudus

Arctic Skua --------------------------- S. parasiticus

Arctic Tern ---------------------- Sterna paradisaea

Sooty Tern --------------------------------- S. fuscata

Brown Noddy ----------------------- Anous stolidus

Cape Verde Swift ------------------ Apus alexandri

Grey-headed Kingfisher - Halcyon leucocephala

Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix nigriceps

Cape Verde Warbler - Acrocephalus brevipennis

Spectacled Warbler -----------Sylvia conspicillata

Blackcap -------------------------------- S. atricapilla

Common Waxbill ------------------ Estrilda astrild

Spanish Sparrow ----------- Passer hispaniolensis

Iago Sparrow --------------------------- P. iagoensis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marine Mammals

                       

Short-finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala macrorhynchus

Beaked Whale ------------------------------------ unidentified

Pygmy Sperm Whale –----------------- Kogia breviceps

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin ------------- S. attenuata

 

Other Wildlife

 

Leatherback Turtle ---------------- Dermochelys coriacea                                 Loggerhead Turtle –------------------------ Caretta caretta

Portuguese Man-of-war –-------------- Physalia physalus                                  Ray species

Flying fish species