Balearic Shearwater

Where and when it's recorded

Balearic Shearwater has been recorded at 107 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. PN Sintra-Cascais – Cabo RasoPortugal3,144 records
2. PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina – Cabo de São VicentePortugal2,131 records
3. Estaca de Bares – Observatorio de aves y entornoSpain1,864 records

Countries and regions with the most records

PortugalSpainUnited KingdomFranceIrelandGibraltarMoroccoGuernsey

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Puffinus is a Neo-Latin loanword based on the English "puffin" and its variants, that referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the Manx shearwater, a former delicacy. The specific mauretanicus refers to Mauretania, an old name for an area of North Africa roughly corresponding to Morocco and Algeria.

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