Heinroth's Shearwater

When to see the Heinroth's Shearwater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Heinroth's Shearwater

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Heinroth's Shearwater

Heinroth's shearwater is a poorly known seabird in the family Procellariidae. Probably a close relative of the little shearwater or Audubon's shearwater, it is distinguished by a long and slender bill and a brown-washed underside.

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Easily confused with

Townsend's ShearwaterPuffinus auricularisTownsend's shearwater is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae. Bannerman's ShearwaterPuffinus bannermaniBannerman's shearwater is a seabird in the family Procellariidae formerly considered conspecific with Audubon's shearwater. Boyd's ShearwaterPuffinus boydiBoyd's shearwater, also known as the Cape Verde little shearwater, is a small shearwater which breeds in the Cape Verde archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean some 570 km off the coast of West Africa.