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Cory's Shearwater (1 Viewer)

Richard Klim

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Genovart, Thibault, Igual, Bauzà-Ribot, Rabouam & Bretagnolle 2013. Population structure and dispersal patterns within and between Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of a large-range pelagic seabird. PLoS ONE 8(8): e70711. [article] [pdf]
Given our results we recommend gathering more data before concluded whether these taxa should be treated as two species or subspecies.
[Calonectris (diomedea) borealis is recognised as a distinct species by H&M4, IOC, BOURC and CSNA/DBA; but not by BirdLife, eBird/Clements, AERC TAC or AOU NACC/SACC.]
 
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Genovart, Thibault, Igual, Bauzà-Ribot, Rabouam & Bretagnolle 2013. Population structure and dispersal patterns within and between Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of a large-range pelagic seabird. PLoS ONE 8(8): e70711. [article] [pdf]

Too bad they didn't include edwarsii.
 
Zidat, Dell’Ariccia, Gabirot, Sourrouille, Buatois, Celerier, Bonadonna, Crochet. 2017. Reproductive isolation maintains distinct genotypes, phenotypes and chemical signatures in mixed colonies of the two European Calonectris shearwaters (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 181:711–726.
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