The sepia shearwater used to be known as the yellow-billed shearwater. Its large appearance and the yellow beak that used to give it its name are two easily recognisable features of the bird.

Like the Mediterranean shearwater, it can also be observed from the Giglio ferry.

Cory's shearwaters are widespread in the Atlantic and the largest breeding colonies are found in the Azores. Like the Mediterranean shearwater, they use rocky coasts as breeding colonies, which they only visit at night.

During the day they hunt for fish and small cephalopods.

Sources:

BAUER, H.-G.; BEZZEL, E.; FIEDLER, W. (2005): The compendium of the birds of Central Europe. 2nd edition. Aula-Verlag, Wiebelsheim.

SVENSSON, L.; GRANT, P. J.; MULLARNEY, K.; ZETTERSTRÖM, D. (2018): The Kosmos bird guide. Franckh-Kosmos-Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart.