| Great shearwater | |
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| Ten miles off Sagres, Portugal | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Ardenna |
| Species: | A. gravis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ardenna gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
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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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ardenna gravis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698201A132633747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698201A132633747.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.