Great Shearwater

The great shearwater (Ardenna gravis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially on rocky islands in the South Atlantic. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely in the Atlantic.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Great Shearwater being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Ardenna bulleri
• Puffinus lherminieri
• Puffinus puffinus
• Puffinus subalaris
• Puffinus bailloni

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae

Genus

Ardenna

Species

Ardenna gravis

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