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title: "Cory's Shearwater"
description: "Calonectris borealis — Aves. Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/cory-s-shearwater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cory's Shearwater

> Calonectris borealis — Aves. Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.

- Scientific name: *Calonectris borealis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3952
- Wikidata: [Q3410599](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3410599)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320711](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320711)

## Names

- en: Cory's Shearwater
- de: Corysturmtaucher
- es: Pardela de Cory
- fr: Puffin cendré
- nl: Kuhls pijlstormvogel
- pl: Burzyk duży

## Countries with the most observations

PT (1036), ES (661), US (237), FR (24), IE (16), ZA (15), CA (13), GB (9), UY (8), BR (6), BM (5), GI (4)

## Summary

Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory%27s_shearwater

## Photo

![Cory's Shearwater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cory-s-shearwater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirela · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/168724788

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cory-s-shearwater?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).