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Cory's shearwater

Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh 535 g to 955.6 g and live up to 24.8 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis)
Photo: José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cory's shearwater

Weight
535 g – 955.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
24.8 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
marinesrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
54 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
8.35 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
0.951src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cory's shearwater live?

Not recorded

What is the cory's shearwater?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Cory's shearwater” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cory%27s_shearwater&oldid=1383968650), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cory's shearwater endangered?

The cory's shearwater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the cory's shearwater classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyProcellariidae
  6. genusCalonectris
  7. SpeciesCalonectris borealis (Cory, 1881)

Synonyms Calonectes diomedea borealis, Calonectris borealis, Calonectris borealis borealis, Calonectris borealis fortunatus, Calonectris diomedea borealis, Calonectris diomedea borealis, Calonectris diomedea fortunatus, Calonectris kuhli borealis, Puffinus borealis, Puffinus diomedea borealis, Puffinus kuhli fortunatus

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • GeelbekpylstormvoëlAfrikaans
  • Tort glasBreton
  • baldriga de CoryCatalan
  • buřňák atlantskýCzech
  • Aderyn drycin CoryWelsh
  • Atlantisk SkråpeDanish
  • Kuhls SkråpeDanish
  • CorysturmtaucherGerman
  • Gelbschnabel-SturmtaucherGerman
  • flavbeka pufinoEsperanto
  • Pardela cenicienta canariaSpanish
  • portugali tormilindEstonian
  • makaronesianliitäjäFinnish
  • KeltanokkaliitäjäFinnish
  • Nevgulur skrápurFaroese
  • Puffin boréalFrench
  • Puffin cendréFrench
  • Cánóg ghob-bhuíIrish
  • Scraayl CoryScottish Gaelic
  • krupnokljuni kaukalCroatian
  • Berta maggiore atlanticaItalian
  • GulnebblireNorwegian Bokmål
  • Kuhls PijlstormvogelDutch
  • portugiserlireNorwegian
  • Parha di Tormenta CoryPapiamento
  • burzyk dużyPolish
  • cagarra-grandePortuguese
  • cagarra-do-atlânticoPortuguese
  • cagarro-dos-açoresPortuguese
  • Атлантический буревестникRussian
  • Атлантический пёстрый буревестникRussian
  • víchrovník žltozobýSlovak
  • gulnäbbad liraSwedish
  • буревісник атлантичнийUkrainian
  • 猛鹱Chinese
  • 克氏猛鸌Chinese

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Relatives of the cory's shearwater

Other species in the same genus Calonectris.

CompareCory's shearwater vs Scopoli's shearwaterCory's shearwater vs Streaked shearwaterCory's shearwater vs Cape Verde shearwaterCory's shearwater vs Wingate's shearwater

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cory's shearwater?

An adult cory's shearwater weighs 535 g – 955.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cory's shearwater endangered?

The cory's shearwater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the cory's shearwater live?

The cory's shearwater has a recorded lifespan of 24.8 years.

What kind of animal is the cory's shearwater?

The cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) belongs to the family Procellariidae in the order Procellariiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{corys_shearwater_2026,
  title = {Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corys-shearwater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}