Petrels & Shearwaters in Spain
Our list for Spain has 5 petrels & shearwaters recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Spain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Manx Shearwater 30–38 cm
- Balearic Shearwater 35–40 cm
- Sooty Shearwater 40–51 cm
- Great Shearwater 43–51 cm
- Fulmar 45–50 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