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Scopoli's Shearwater
Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Seabirds & cormorants

Scopoli's Shearwater

Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishScopoli's Shearwater
DutchScopoli's Pijlstormvogel
SpanishPardela de Cory
Chinese猛鹱
Scientific nameCalonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769)

About this species

Scopoli's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) is a seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae. It breeds on rocky islands and on steep coasts in the Mediterranean but outside the breeding season it forages in the Atlantic. It is brownish grey above with darker wings and mostly white below. The bill is pale yellow with a dark patch near the tip. The sexes are alike. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Cory's shearwater.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderProcellariiformes
FamilyProcellariidae
GenusCalonectris

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