Fea's/Desertas Petrel (group)
Pterodroma feae/deserta (Salvadori, 1900)/Mathews, 1934 (0, 13)
Photo © Richard Crossley, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
Atlantic Ocean: Fea’s breeds Cape Verde Islands. Desertas breeds Bugio, Desertas Is..
OVERVIEW
Short-range pelagics have discovered this group of petrels in the south-west reaches.
This group has the incomplete breast band and shows a white patch between its black bill and eyes. Fea’s is slightly smaller in size with a slightly smaller bill compared to Desertas Petrel, but impossible to detect in the field. But the group has a bigger and bulkier body with a much heavier bill than Zino’s Petrel.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2001 Isles of Scilly Sea area Sole, 49°49'N 06°11'W, about 12km S of St Mary's, Scilly, 8th July, video., photo.
(A. Fisher & R. L. Flood, Birding World 14 (7): 289-292, photos; British Birds 94: plate 221; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 479; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 639; BOURC (2006), Ibis 148: 594; A. Fisher & R. L. Flood, British Birds 99: 394-400, plates 194-198; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 15).
2). 2001 Isles of Scilly Sea area Sole, MV Scillonian III, 49°08'N 06°54'W, about 96 km SW of Scilly, 12th August, photo.
(J. S. Lees, Birding World 14 (8): 326-328, plates 1-5; Birding World 14 (12): 500, photo; British Birds 94: plates 280 & 281; British Birds 95: plates 340 & 341; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 548; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 639; J. S. Lees, British Birds 99: 401-403, plates 200-202).
3). 2004 Isles of Scilly Sea area Sole, about 16 km W of St Mary's, Scilly, 6th September, photo.
(R. L. Flood & B. Lascelles, Birding World 17 (9): 392, plates 1-3; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 639; British Birds 99: plate 199; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 15).
4). 2014 Yorkshire Off Easington, 12th July, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 575).
5). 2014 Isles of Scilly S of St Agnes, 18th August, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 575).
6). 2015 Isles of Scilly 18 km NE of Scilly, 1CY+, 16th August, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 575, plate 304).
7). 2019 Isles of Scilly Approx. 1.5 km south of St Mary's, 1CY+, 23rd August, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 610).
8). 2019 Isles of Scilly Approx. 10 km south of St Mary's, 1CY+, 27th August, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 610, plate 359).
9). 2020 Devon Berry Head, 1CY+, 20th August.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 591).
10). 2021 Outer Hebrides Gallan Head, Lewis, 1CY+, 6th September.
(BBRC: WEB-WIP-6-4-23).
11). 2022 Cornwall Porthgwarra, 1CY+, 20th August, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 573).
12). 2022 Highland Helmsdale, 2CY+, 4th September, photo; presumed same, Lothbeg Point, 2CY+, 4th September, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 573).
13). 2022 Isles of Scilly Celtic Sea, 10 km SE of St Mary's, short-range pelagic, 2CY, 6th October, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 573).
