Recent data on the conservation status of the Pterodromas of the North-Eastern Atlantic Islands

• Freira da Madeira

• Freira do Bugio

• Freira de Cabo Verde

Most probably they are distinct species

TAXONOMY IS A SOURCE OF CONTROVERSY

Phylogenetic analyses proved

that these are distinct species

Differences on their morphometrics

Different breeding habitat and phenology

Distance between breeding sites

If conservation is about not losing the planet’s biodiversity then...from the conservationist point of view it doesn’t really matters!