This is the list of wildlife seen during the second part of the 2011 Atlantic Odyssey expedition cruise from Ascension Island, South Atlantic to the Cape Verde Islands, off West Africa, between 26th April & 2nd May 2011. The list covers sightings during the five days at sea and those ashore during visits to the islands of Santiago and Fogo. www.wildwings.co.uk

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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
Wilson’s Storm-petrel ------------ Oceanites oceanicus
White-faced Storm-petrel ------ Pelagodroma marina
European Storm-petrel -- Hydrobates pelagicus
Leach’s Storm-petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Madeiran Storm-petrel –---------------- O. castro
Red-billed Tropicbird ------- Phaeton aethereus
Masked Booby --------------------- Sula dactylatra
Brown Booby ------------------------ S. leucogaster
Red-footed Booby ---------------------------- S. sula
Black Heron --------------- Hydranassa ardesiaca
Cattle Egret -------------------------- Bubulcus ibis
Western Reef Egret --------------- Egretta gularis
Little Egret ----------------------------- E. garzetta
Intermediate Egret ----------------- E. intermedia
Purple Heron ---------------------- Ardea purpurea
Grey Heron ------------------------------- A. cinerea
Eurasian Spoonbill ---------- Platalea leucorodia
Common Kestrel --------------- Falco tinnunculus
Common Quail ----------------- Coturnix coturnix
Helmeted Guineafowl ------- Numida ameleagris
Common Moorhen ---------- Gallinula chloropus
Black-winged Stilt ---- Himantopus himantopus
Ringed Plover -------------- Charadrius hiaticula

Kentish Plover ------------------- C. alexandrinus
Sanderling ---------------------------- Calidris alba
Greenshank ---------------------- Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper ---------- Actitis hypoleucos
Pomarine Skua ---------- Stercorarius pomarinus
Arctic Skua --------------------------- S. parasiticus
Long-tailed Skua ------------------- S. longicaudus
Yellow-legged Gull ------------ Larus michahellis
Common Tern --------------------- Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern -------------------------- S. paradisaea
Black Tern------------------------ Childonias niger
Sooty Tern --------------------------------- S. fuscata
White Tern ------------------------------- Gygis alba
Brown Noddy ----------------------- Anous stolidus
African Collared Dove - Streptopelia roseogrisea
Cape Verde Swift ------------------ Apus alexandri
Eurasian House Martin ----------- Delicon urbica
Grey-headed Kingfisher - Halcyon leucocephala
Bar-tailed Desert Lark -- Ammomanes cincturus
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix nigriceps
House Martin --------------------- Delicon urbicum
Cape Verde Warbler - Acrocephalus brevipennis
Spectacled Warbler ---------- Sylvia conspicillata
Blackcap ------------------------------- S. atricapilla
Brown-necked Raven ----------- Corvus ruficollis
Common Waxbill ------------------ Estrilda astrild
Spanish Sparrow ----------- Passer hispaniolensis
Iago Sparrow --------------------------- P. iagoensis

Marine Mammals

Sperm Whale ------------------ Physeter macrocephalus
Dwarf Sperm Whale ------------------------- Kogia sima
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale ------------ Ziphius cavirostris
Blainville’s Beaked Whale -- Mesoplodon densirostris
Beaked Whale -------------------------------- unidentified

Short-finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala macrorhynchus
Melon-headed Whale --------- Peponocephala electra
Risso’s Dolphin ------------------------ Grampus griseus
Spinner Dolphin ------------------- Stenella longirostris
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin ------------- S. attenuata

Other Wildlife

African Monarch ------------------- Danaus chrysippus
Hawksbill Turtle ------------- Eretmochelys imbricata
Portuguese Man-of-war ------------ Physalia physalus

Atlantic Blue Marlin --------------- Makaira nigricans
Hammerhead Shark ----------------------- Sphyrna spp.
Flying fish species