Cory's Shearwater

Calonectris borealis

Cory's shearwater is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially on the archipelago of the Azores in the eastern Atlantic. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely in the Atlantic. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Scopoli's shearwater.

Scientific name

Calonectris borealis

Family

Shearwaters and Petrels

IUCN status

LC