Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels (Procellariidae)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Overview
Scopoli's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) is a seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae. It breeds on rocky islands and on steep coasts in the Mediterranean but outside the breeding season it forages in the Atlantic. It is brownish grey above with darker wings and mostly white below. The bill is pale yellow with a dark patch near the tip.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds Mediterranean islands and southwestern France; ranges mainly in upwelling systems of tropical eastern Atlantic.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Egypt
- French Guiana
- Gambia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malta
- Monaco
- Poland
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Spain
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Western Sahara
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Scopoli's shearwater
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
