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Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds in the petrel family Procellariidae. They have a global marine distribution, but are most common in temperate and cold waters, and are pelagic outside the breeding season. Description.
Shearwaters are drab, slender-billed birds that range from 35 to 65 cm (14 to 26 inches) in length. The common name shearwater describes the birds’ habit of gliding on stiff wings along the troughs of waves. The name is sometimes also applied to the skimmers, an unrelated oceanic bird family.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Find This Bird. The best way to see Great Shearwaters is to go on a pelagic birding trip in the North Atlantic during the summer months. This species often comes fairly close to shore, though, so if you can’t take a pelagic trip, you still might see this shearwater on a shorter whalewatching outing.
Primarily an Atlantic species, breeding mainly on remote Tristan Island group in the Southern Hemisphere. Spends the nonbreeding season (May to November) in cool water in the North Atlantic, where it can gather in large flocks, often mixed with other shearwater species. Occasionally seen from land, but prefers to stay offshore.
Browse Species in This Family. <p>Great Shearwaters are ocean nomads, journeying thousands of miles each year from remote South Atlantic breeding grounds to cool North Atlantic waters in the boreal summer (their nonbreeding season). They fly low over the ocean on stiff, straight wings, but arc higher and wheel steeply in strong winds.
The great shearwater (Ardenna gravis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially on rocky islands in the south Atlantic. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely in the Atlantic.
At a Glance. A common seabird off our Atlantic Coast, seldom coming close to shore except during storms. Often forages in flocks. Commonly feeds around fishing boats, fighting over scraps and offal, seemingly fearless of humans.
