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Cory's Shearwater at its breeding site

Cory's Shearwater at its breeding site - Adult

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Montaña Clara islet, Lanzarote

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» August, 1995

Equipment

» Praktica MTL5 with 50 mm lens

Bird Species

»Calonectris borealis - Cory's Shearwater

Bird Species (French)

»Puffin cendré

Bird Family

»Procellariidae - Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Bird Group

»Procellariiformes Albatross, Petrel, Storm-petrel, Shearwater

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Montaña Clara islet holds one of the most important breeding colony of this pelagic seabird in the Canaries and the Macaronesian archipelagos. The Atlantic subspecies is Calonectris diomedea borealis.

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