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Cory's Shearwater

Calonectris borealis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 168, February 152, March 184, April 300, May 555, June 256, July 214, August 229, September 237, October 233, November 172, December 161.
United States8,333
Massachusetts2,862
North Carolina2,777
Alaska524
Maine503
Rhode Island402
Canada401
New York368
Nova Scotia295
Connecticut265

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderTubenoses · Procellariiformes
FamilyShearwaters and Petrels · Procellariidae
GenusLarge Shearwaters · Calonectris

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