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  • <p><i>Calonectris edwardsii</i> (MGT):</p><p>breeds in Cape Verde, from where it migrates between November and February to winter in little-known areas. On the Brazilian coast, there are records for BA – two individuals were collected at Praia do Forte in June of 1995 (Lima <i>et al.,</i> 2002), for SP in May, for PR in December (WikiAves, 2016) and for RS in May (Petry <i>et al.,</i> 2000). This characterizes the species as a migrant in the Brazilian open sea. It is probably recorded when flying to the productive waters of the southern platform and Subtropical Convergence (Olmos & Bugoni, 2006).</p>