Scopoli's shearwater 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. The sexes are alike. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Cory's shearwater. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Scopoli, GA 1769)
Reference:
Annus I Hist.-Nat.
Protonym:
Procellaria diomedea
Type locality:
no locality; Tremiti Islands, Adriatic Sea, designated by Committee on Nomenclature, Brit. Ornith. Union, 1946, Ibis, 88, p. 534.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31117670#page/78/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
CA4D268D439B2832
Avibase ID:
avibase-CA4D268D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CA4D268D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 203446
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Puffinus diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Cory's Shearwater ( Puffinus diomedea) |
Clements, version 2021: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ( Calonectris diomedea diomedea) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Scopoli's Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Calonectris diomedea diomedea [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Calonectris [diomedea or borealis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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