#1174 · 🐦 birds

Cory's Shearwater

🇳🇱 Kuhls pijlstormvogel ·Calonectris borealis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The Cory's shearwater ( Calonectris borealis ) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The genus name Calonectris comes from Ancient Greek kalos , "good" and nectris , "swimmer", and borealis is Latin for "northern". The English name is for the American ornithologist Charles B. Cory.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,066iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,066 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles B. Cory in 1881 (145 years ago).