Large Shearwaters
Calonectris
Calonectris is a genus of seabirds. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek kalos, "good" and nectris, "swimmer".
The genus comprises four large shearwaters. There are two other shearwater genera, Puffinus, which comprises 21 small to medium-sized shearwaters, and Ardenna with 7 larger species.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Cory's Shearwater
speciesCalonectris borealis
Scopoli's Shearwater
speciesCalonectris diomedea
Streaked Shearwater
speciesCalonectris leucomelas
Cape Verde Shearwater
speciesCalonectris edwardsii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4185.