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Calonectris diomedea borealis (Cory's Shearwater)

Synonyms: Calonectris borealis (homotypic); Puffinus borealis (homotypic); Puffinus diomedea borealis

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.883 lbs (854 g)
Birth Weight [1]  104 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.735 lbs (787 g)
Male Weight [1]  2.033 lbs (922 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  17.2 %
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Clutch Size [2]  1
Fledging [1]  3 months 1 day
Incubation [2]  54 days
Maximum Longevity [2]  26 years
Wing Span [2]  3.87 feet (1.18 m)

Prey / Diet

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0