Petrels & Shearwaters in Brazil
Our list for Brazil has 4 petrels & shearwaters recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Brazil in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisWinter visitorRare50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Manx Shearwater 30–38 cm
- Sooty Shearwater 40–51 cm
- Great Shearwater 43–51 cm
- White-chinned Petrel 50–58 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made