Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)

Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
45 - 46 cm
Wingspan: 100 - 125 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cory, 1881)

Habitat
Breeds on islands, otherwise marine, pelagic.

Range (Guide)

Azores, Madeira, Canary and Berlenga islands.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fish, squid and offal.

Voice
Wails and coughing screams at breeding gounds, otherwise silent.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (142)...)

Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) [XC808201]
by Radek Grochowski from Santa Luzia, S\u00e3o Roque do Pico, Azores, Portugal (nocturnal flight call)

Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) [XC825674]
by Teus Luijendijk from Talus continental, 100 miles offshore, France (call)

Nest
At the end of a burrow.

Eggs (Guide)
1; white.

Subspecies
Calonectris Diomedea (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Scopoli's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) and Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii) following Hazevoet (1995), contra Brooke (2004). Calonectris diomedea (Hazevoet 1995) was split by Sangster et al. (1998) into Scopoli's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) and Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) but this treatment is not followed by the BirdLife International.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7

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