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Scopoli's Shearwater

Calonectris diomedea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 124, February 149, March 138, April 221, May 221, June 133, July 107, August 101, September 131, October 129, November 99, December 114.
United States4,641
North Carolina1,666
Texas585
Massachusetts364
New York355
Alaska339
South Carolina283
Rhode Island246
New Jersey200
Virginia68

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

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

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