Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
Boyd’s Shearwater
Puffinus boydi
NENot Evaluated
- Family
- Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels (Procellariidae)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Overview
Boyd's shearwater (Puffinus boydi), also known as the Cape Verde little shearwater, is a small shearwater which breeds in the Cape Verde archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean some 570 km off the coast of West Africa. The epithet commemorates British ornithologist Arnold Boyd.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds Cape Verde Islands; ranges (rarely) to Canary Islands, northwestern African coastal waters and Amazon Reef (northeastern South America).
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Boyd's shearwater
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
