Petrels & Shearwaters in Massachusetts
Our list for Massachusetts has 4 petrels & shearwaters recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Massachusetts in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Jan
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