Petrels & Shearwaters in Nova Scotia
Our list for Nova Scotia has 4 petrels & shearwaters recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nova Scotia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody 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