Scopoli's shearwater
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| Species: | C. diomedea
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| Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769)
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Scopoli's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) is a bird in the Procellariidae family formerly considered conspecific with Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis). It has no subspecies.[2]
Range
Calonectris diomedea breeds across the Mediterranean; on Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera, Cabrera, Conillera and Dragonera in the Balearics; on the Îles d'Hyères in France; on Elba, small islands off Sardinia and Sicily, Pantelleria and Lampedusa in Italy; In Malta; on coastal Croatian islands and parts of the mainland; on Kythira, Kolpos and the Cyclades in Greece.[3]
The majority of the population spends the non-breeding season in the Atlantic, including areas off the west coast of Africa and east coast of Brazil.[4]
Diet
Diet is mostly squid, which are obtained mainly by surface-seizing. It is regularly attracted to trawlers to feed on offal.[4]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ "Loons, penguins, petrels". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ^ "Calonectris diomedea range map". International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ^ a b "Calonectris diomedea". International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
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