Bulwer’s petrel captures from 2007 to 2018 specifying their colony (Vila, M.Clara or Cima) and their sex (0= not sexed, 1= male and 2= female). Data from Vila islet in Azores Islands were collected from 2007 to 2012 and in 2016; data from Montaña Clara islet in Canary Islands were collected from 2010 to 2018, and Cima islet from 2010 to 2018.

Non-breeding locations of Cory’s shearwaters (Calonectris borealis), Scopoli’s shearwaters (C. diomedea), and Cabo Verde shearwaters (C. edwardsii) tracked from the colonies of Berlenga, Chafarinas, Corvo, Faial, Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Pico, Selvagem, Sisargas, Terreros, Timanfaya, Veneguera, and Vila for Cory’s shearwaters; Cala Morell, Chafarinas, Filfla, Frioul, Giraglia, Gozo, Lavezzi, Linosa, Malta, Na Foradada, Na Pobra, Palomas, Pantaleu, Paximada, Porquerolles, Riou, Strofades, Tremiti, and Zembra for Scopoli’s shearwaters; and Curral Velho and Raso for Cabo Verde’s shearwaters. Animals were tracked between the years of 2006 and 2016, and data includes species, colony, unique identifiers for each bird and trip, latitude, longitude, year of tracking (1st year, 2nd year, etc.), and an ordering column that allows the positions to be ordered to form a track.

We evaluated the degree of sexual segregation (SS) in the feeding ecology, in the choice of main non-breeding areas, in behaviour and in migratory phenology of three closely related shearwaters: Scopoli’s, Cory’s and Cape Verde shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea, C. borealis and C. edwardsii, respectively) during the non-breeding period in relation to the conditions of their different life strategies. The main objective of the study is to better understand the ecological and evolutionary role of sex on the spatial, behavioural and feeding ecology of birds during the non-breeding period, since most studies on birds have focused on the breeding period. The referred issues were addressed through a multidisciplinary approach combining geolocation and stable isotope data.

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