#shearwater

[marine-gifs]

A Cory's shearwater hunting mackerel. Filmed in the Atlantic Ocean. From Blue Planet - Open Ocean (2001).

[herpsandbirds]

Hello! I am currently working with a lot of seabirds including wedge-tailed shearwaters, and I tried searching but I wasn't able to find any shearwaters. Do you have any shearwaters to share?

Wedge-tailed is actually the only species of Shearwater that I have identified in the wild myself (if any of y'all have ever been to the Kilauea Point Lighthouse on Kauaii).

Here's 5 species for you...

Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), family Procellariidae, order Procelariiformes, Gulf Stream off of Hatteras, NC, USA

photograph by Patrick Coin

Great - Off the coast of Portugal

photograph by Charles J. Sharp

Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis), family Procellariidae, order Procelariiformes, North Atlantic

photograph by Richard Crossley

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), family Procellariidae, order Procelariiformes, off the coast of Chile

photograph by Kirk Zufelt

Sargasso Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri), family Procellariidae, order Procelariiformes, off the coast of NC, USA

photograph by Jay McGowan

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica), family Procellariidae, order Procelariiformes, off the coast of QLD, Australia

photograph by Michael Daley

Wedge-tailed, NW Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii

photograph by Cameron Rutt

[bestalbumcover]

Round 2:

Which COVER do you like better?

Shawn Mendes (Shawn Mendes)

The Great Awakening (Shearwater)

Voting ended onOct 31, 2025

Remember you're voting for the cover artwork NOT the musical content or artist!

[jadewolf-photography]

Galápagos Shearwater

Puffinus subalaris Islote Mosquera Galápagos, Ecuador

[weepingwidar]

Elisabeth Frink (British, 1930-1993) - Shearwater (1974)

[spinus-pinus]

Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus

2/21/2024 Pacific Ocean offshore from Chile

Christoph Moning via iNaturalist, CC-BY

[etchif]

Shearwater & Giant petrel inspired pokemon designs

[scottpartridge]

A second illustration for @ics_seychelles featuring #Seychelles Islands seabirds. Shown are Magnificent #Frigatebird Lesser Frigatebird, Brown #Noddy Lesser Noddy, Red-Tailed #Tropicbird White-Tailed Tropicbird, Tropical #Shearwater Wedge-Tailed Shearwater, Sooty Tern, Bridled Tern, Roseate Tern, and White #Tern also called the #FairyTern