Birds of Brazil

○   ←   PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels)   →
Genus: Calonectris (2 species, 4 worldwide)


Cory's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)
South Africa   		   
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii) Near Threatened
   

Similar to Cory's Shearwater but a bit smaller and slimmer, and with a grey bill and darker head and neck (Ekins). Nests near Europe at Cape Verde islands.

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