Yelkouan Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827)

497 gWeight

The yelkouan shearwater, Levantine shearwater or Mediterranean shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.

Busiest months: April · Most records: Italy, Türkiye, Greece

Vulnerable

Where and when it's recorded

Yelkouan Shearwater has been recorded at 91 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 21 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Foce dei Regi LagniItaly169 records
RivaTürkiye154 records
Kavak DeltasıTürkiye139 records

More places

LinosaItaly134 records
Kaliakra CapeBulgaria117 records
PN Sintra-Cascais – Cabo RasoPortugal82 records
Schinias National ParkGreece81 records
Chorokhi River DeltaGeorgia76 records
Oropos lagoon ( / )Greece70 records
Isola di VentoteneItaly57 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Italy Türkiye Greece Bulgaria Spain Georgia Portugal Malta

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 yelkouan shearwater, Levantine shearwater or Mediterranean shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus).

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Questions

How big is the Yelkouan Shearwater?

The Yelkouan Shearwater weighs around 497 g.

Where does the Yelkouan Shearwater live?

Its breeding range: Atlantic Ocean: islets of central, eastern Mediterranean and western Black Sea. It is most often recorded in Italy, Türkiye and Greece.