Black-bellied Storm-petrel, Fregetta tropica, in Madeira - First record from the Western Palearctic

Abstract

On the 8th of August 2011, at approximately 15 nautical miles northeast of Madeira, during a pelagic sea trip where the chum & drift technique was being used, a group of birdwatchers observed and identified the first record of Black-bellied Storm-petrel