Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris borealis(Cory, CB, 1881)
English (US) Cory's Shearwater
The Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: eastern Atlantic, breeding from Azores southward to Canary Islands and eastward to Galicia (northwestern Spain) and Berlengas Islands (off west-central Portugal); ranges widely in Atlantic, but mainly in upwelling systems of the Benguela and Agulhas currentsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calonectris borealis
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cory's Shearwater
- Described by
- (Cory, CB, 1881)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Puffinus borealis
- Described by
- (Cory, CB, 1881)
- Type locality
- off Chatham Island, Massachusetts.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 6 p.84
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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