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What the Scopoli's Shearwater sounds like
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Scopoli's shearwater is 45–52 cm (18–20 in) in overall length with a wingspan of 112–122 cm (44–48 in). The upperparts are brownish-grey with most feathers fringed with a lighter brown. The wings are a darker brown. The upper tail-coverts are tipped whitish and the tail is dark brown. The underparts are mostly white with a brown border which is most prominent of the trailing edge of the wing. The bill is pale yellow with a dark patch near the tip. The legs and feet are a pale flesh colour. The sexes are similar in appearance but the male is on average slightly larger than the female.
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When to see the Scopoli's Shearwater
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scopoli's Shearwater
The map shades 36 countries with regular records, and 13 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Mexico, Panama, Germany, Denmark, Australia, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique.
About the Scopoli's Shearwater
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.
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Easily confused with
Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasThis shearwater has broad wings with a brown upperside and white underwings.
Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsiiThe Cape Verde shearwater has a slim, dark bill, with head and upperparts darker than Cory's.
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealisThis shearwater is identifiable by its size, at 45–56 cm (18–22 in) in length and with a 112–126 cm (44–50 in) wingspan.
Side by side: Scopoli's Shearwater vs Streaked Shearwater
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