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Cape Verde Storm Petrel

Hydrobates jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage, 1875)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Hydrobates jabejabe, 2023-11-06 (iNaturalist).

Hydrobates jabejabe, 2023-11-06 (iNaturalist).

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Cape Verde storm petrel (Hydrobates jabejabe) is an oceangoing bird found in the Atlantic Ocean, especially around the islands of Cape Verde. It was at one time considered to be a subspecies of the band-rumped storm petrel, but is now considered to be a separate species by the International Ornithological Congress and other authorities.

They breed much of year but most nest in the winter. They are mainly nocturnal.

Wikipedia contributors, Cape Verde storm petrel; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:35:37.119688+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Hydrobates jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage, 1875)
Name authority
(Barboza du Bocage, 1875)
Common name
Cape Verde Storm Petrel
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Hydrobatidae
Genus
Hydrobates
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderProcellariiformes
  10. familyHydrobatidae Mathews, 1912
  11. genusHydrobates F. Boie, 1822
  12. speciesHydrobates jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage, 1875)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hydrobates. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Fork-tailed Storm PetrelHydrobates furcatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous (Vieillot, 1818)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Townsend's Storm PetrelHydrobates socorroensis (C. H. Townsend, 1890)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ainley's Storm PetrelHydrobates cheimomnestes (Ainley, 1980)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ringed Storm PetrelHydrobates hornbyi (G. R. Gray, 1854)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhis (Swinhoe, 1867)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ashy Storm PetrelHydrobates homochroa (Coues, 1864)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Band-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates castro (Harcourt, 1851)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Monteiro's Storm PetrelHydrobates monteiroi (Bolton, A. L. Smith, Gómez-Díaz, Friesen, Medeiros, Bried, Roscales & Furness, 2008)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Wedge-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates tethys (Bonaparte, 1852)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black Storm PetrelHydrobates melania (Bonaparte, 1854)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 15 records assigned to Hydrobatidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Oceanodroma jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage, 1875) (Barboza du Bocage, 1875)synonym
Thalassidroma jabejabe Barboza du Bocage, 1875 Barboza du Bocage, 1875synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1255036 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:DD8ST. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.