Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,993
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Great shearwater”.