English | Scientific | Range |
Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Circumpolar southern oceans south to the pack ice | |
Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | Southern oceans, generally north of Antarctic convergence | |
Northern Fulmar (Atlantic) | Fulmarus glacialis glacialis/auduboni | |
| Fulmarus glacialis glacialis | Breeds high Arctic regions of North Atlantic; ranges widely |
| Fulmarus glacialis auduboni | Breeds low Arctic and boreal North Atlantic; ranges widely |
Northern Fulmar (Pacific) | Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii | Breeds coasts of e Siberia and Alaskan peninsula; ranges widely | |
Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | Antarctic circumpolar; ranges widely southern oceans | |
Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | Breeds Antarctic islands and coasts; ranges southern oceans
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Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
Cape Petrel (Antarctic) | Daption capense capense | Breeds circumpolar subantarctic islands; ranges southern oceans |
Cape Petrel (Snares) | Daption capense australe | Breeds New Zealand subantarctic islands; ranges southern oceans |
Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea | |
| Pagodroma nivea nivea | Antarctic Peninsula and islands (except Ross Sea region), N to South Georgia and Bouvetøya Islands, but intergrades with subspecies major; ranges widely in Antarctic waters |
| Pagodroma nivea major | Ross Sea region (Balleny Island, Cape Adare, Cape Hallet, and possibly Scott Island); intergrades with nominate nivea at many sites, including South Orkney and South Sandwich Islands, Casey, Terre Adélie, Cape Hunter, and Cape Denison. ranges widely in Antarctic waters |
Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Prince Edward, Crozet and Kerguelen is. | |
Large St. Helena Petrel | Pterodroma rupinarum | Extinct. Formerly bred on St. Helena Island
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Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | islands in S Atlantic and Indian Oceans (Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Marion, Crozet and Kerguelen Islands, and off SW Australia); primarily ranges from S Atlantic and Indian Oceans to Tasman Sea | |
Gray-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | breeds on islands off North Island (New Zealand); ranges in Tasman Sea and SW Pacific Ocean | |
Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | |
| Pterodroma neglecta neglecta | Breeds South Pacific islands from New Zealand to Easter I. |
| Pterodroma neglecta juana | Juan Fernández, San Ambrosio and San Félix islands (off Chile) |
Magenta Petrel | Pterodroma magentae | Chatham Islands (population ±50 birds in 1992) | |
Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Breeds Trindade and Martim Vaz Islands (south Atlantic Ocean) | |
Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | breeds in the tropical Pacific Ocean (Raine I., Tonga and French Polynesia to Easter I.). Pelagic range incompletely known, but occurs regularly to the central Pacific Ocean | |
Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Tuamotu Archipelago, Austral Islands and Pitcairn I. | |
Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Breeds Lord Howe I. and Philip I.; ranges to nw Pacific | |
Henderson Petrel | Pterodroma atrata | Breeds Henderson I. (se Pacific) | |
Zino's Petrel | Pterodroma madeira | Highlands of Madeira I.; ranges e Atlantic Ocean | |
Fea's Petrel | Pterodroma feae | |
Fea's Petrel (Fea's) | Pterodroma feae feae | Breeds Cape Verde Islands; ranges e Atlantic Ocean | |
Fea's Petrel (Desertas) | Pterodroma feae deserta | Breeds Bugio, Desertas Islands; nonbreeding range Atlantic Ocean (50º N south to -35º S) | |
Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| Pterodroma mollis mollis | Gough, Tristan da Cunha and Antipodes islands |
| Pterodroma mollis dubia | Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen and Amsterdam islands |
Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Breeds Réunion I. and Rodrigues I.; pelagic range unknown
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White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Islands in s Indian Ocean and s Pacific Ocean | |
Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Breeds Stewart I., Snares Islands and sw South I. (New Zealand) | |
Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow | Breeds Nonsuch I. (Bermuda); disperses to Gulf Stream | |
Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Cuba, Hispaniola, Guadeloupe and Dominica; ranges w Atlantic | |
Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Alejandro Selkirk I. (Juan Fernández Islands off Chile) | |
Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | Tristan da Cunha and Gough islands; ranges s Atlantic Ocean | |
Galapagos Petrel | Pterodroma phaeopygia | Breeds Galapagos Islands; ranges Clipperton I. to n Peru | |
Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Hawaiian Islands; ranges south to Polynesia | |
White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Breeds Kermadec Islands; ranges s Pacific Ocean | |
Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | Volcano, Bonin and w Hawaiian islands; ranges to Polynesia | |
Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Breeds sw Pacific; ranges s-central Pacific Ocean | |
Chatham Petrel | Pterodroma axillaris | Rangitira I. (Chatham Islands) and adjacent seas | |
Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Breeds islands off New Zealand; ranges to E and N Pacific | |
Masatierra Petrel | Pterodroma defilippiana | Juan Fernández, San Ambrosio and San Félix islands (off Chile) | |
Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | |
Gould's Petrel (Gould's) | Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera | Breeds Cabbage Tree Is. (off e Australia); ranges s Pacific Ocean | |
Gould's Petrel (New Caledonian) | Pterodroma leucoptera caledonica | New Caledonia | |
Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | |
Collared Petrel (Collared) | Pterodroma brevipes brevipes | Fiji and Cook Islands | |
Collared Petrel (Magnificent) | Pterodroma brevipes magnificens | Suspected to breed in the Banks Islands, northern Vanuatu; nonbreeding distribution unknown | |
Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | Alejandro Selkirk I. (off Chile); ranges e and n Pacific | |
Pycroft's Petrel | Pterodroma pycrofti | Breeds small islands off New Zealand coast; ranges to n Pacific | |
Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Breeds French Polynesia to Kermadec I.; ranges s Pacific waters | |
Vanuatu Petrel | Pterodroma occulta | Presumed to breed on Banks Is. off n Vanuatu | |
Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | Islands in subantarctic southern oceans and islands off Cape Horn | |
Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | Breeds scattered subtropical and subantarctic islands | |
Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | Breeds islands off New Zealand and Tristan da Cunha group | |
Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | breeds Prince Edward Island and Crozet Island; at sea occurs in S Indian Ocean and Australasian seas | |
MacGillivray's Prion | Pachyptila macgillivrayi | breeds in the S Atlantic Ocean (Gough Island) and the S Indian Ocean (St. Paul Island, formerly also Amsterdam Island); at-sea distribution not well known | |
Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Pachyptila desolata desolata | Crozet, Kerguelen and Macquarie islands |
| Pachyptila desolata altera | Auckland and Heard islands |
| Pachyptila desolata banksi | Scotia Arc, South Georgia, South Sandwich and Scott islands |
Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | Crozet, Kerguelen and Falkland islands; Noir I. (off s Chile) | |
Fulmar Prion | Pachyptila crassirostris | |
| Pachyptila crassirostris crassirostris | Breeds Snares and Bounty and Chatham islands (New Zealand) |
| Pachyptila crassirostris pyramidalis | Breeds Chatham islands (New Zealand) |
| Pachyptila crassirostris flemingi | Breeds Heard and Auckland islands (New Zealand) |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Azores to Cape Verde, Johnston and nw Hawaiian islands | |
Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | NW Indian Ocean and s Arabian Sea; breeding grounds unknown | |
Fiji Petrel | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | Breeds Gau I. (Fiji). Distribution at sea unknown. | |
Mascarene Petrel | Pseudobulweria aterrima | Réunion (Mascarene Islands); ranges adjacent Indian Ocean | |
Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | |
| Pseudobulweria rostrata rostrata | Breeds Marquesas and Society islands; confined to trop. Pacific |
| Pseudobulweria rostrata trouessarti | Breeds New Caledonia; ranges s Pacific Ocean |
Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki | Breeding sites unknown (New Ireland?); ranges to Bismarck A. and Solomon I. | |
Lava Petrel (undescribed form) | Pseudobulweria [undescribed form] | Breeding sites unknown; reported at sea near Solomons Islands | |
Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Breeds and ranges circumpolar subantarctic seas | |
White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Circumpolar subantarctic islands | |
Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | Inaccessible I. (Tristan da Cunha) | |
Parkinson's Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Little and Great Barrier is. (New Zealand); ranges to S America | |
Westland Petrel | Procellaria westlandica | South I. (New Zealand); disperses to Australia and w S. America | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Breeds coastal islands off Japan and China; ranges to s Pacific | |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
Cory's Shearwater (borealis) | Calonectris diomedea borealis | Breeds Azores, Madeira, Canary, and Berlenga islands | |
Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) | Calonectris diomedea diomedea | Breeds Mediterranean islands | |
Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Breeds Cape Verde Islands | |
Pink-footed Shearwater | Ardenna creatopus | Mocha and Juan Fernández islands off Chile; ranges to n Pacific | |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | S Indian and sw Pacific Oceans; winters to Arabian Sea, nw Pacific | |
Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Islands in s Atlantic Ocean; ranges n Atlantic to Arctic Circle | |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Ardenna pacifica pacifica | breeds Norfolk Island, the Kermadec Islands, Fiji and Tonga, ranging to the SE part of the North Pacific Ocean |
| Ardenna pacifica chlororhyncha | tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, breeding from the Madagascar area east to W Australia, and from S Japan south to E Australia, Lord Howe Island, and New Caledonia east to the Marquesas Islands, Pitcairn Island, and the Revillagigedo Islands (off western Mexico) |
Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Breeds islands off New Zealand; wide transpacific dispersal | |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | S S. Am., New Zealand, se Australia; winters to n Pacific, n Atlantic | |
Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | S Australia and Tasmania; winters to n Pacific | |
Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Widespread throughout tropical central Pacific Ocean | |
Galapagos Shearwater | Puffinus subalaris | Breeds Galapagos Islands | |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Puffinus puffinus puffinus | Breeds n Atlantic; ranges to Argentina and s African waters |
| Puffinus puffinus canariensis | La Palma and Tenerife (Canary Islands) |
Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | Breeds central and e Mediterranean islands | |
Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Breeds Balearic Islands; ranges to coastal n Europe | |
Hutton's Shearwater | Puffinus huttoni | Breeds ne South I. (New Zealand); ranges to Australia | |
Bannerman's Shearwater | Puffinus bannermani | Breeds Bonin and Volcano islands (off Japan) | |
Townsend's Shearwater | Puffinus auricularis | Breeds Revillagigedo Islands (off w Mexico); disperses to 8°N | |
Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | breeds Hawaiian Islands (primarily Kauai, also Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii); nonbreeding in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean | |
Rapa Shearwater | Puffinus myrtae | Rapa I. (Austral Islands) | |
Bryan's Shearwater | Puffinus bryani | Range poorly known; discovered on Midway Island (Hawaii), but probably breeds Bonin Islands (Japan) | |
Black-vented Shearwater | Puffinus opisthomelas | Islands off w coast of Baja Calif.; disperses adj. Mexican waters | |
Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia | Breeds is. off New Zealand; ranges to se Australia and Vanuatu | |
Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
Little Shearwater (Tasman) | Puffinus assimilis assimilis | Norfolk and Lord Howe islands | |
Little Shearwater (Hauraki) | Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis | Islets off ne coast of North I. (New Zealand) | |
Little Shearwater (Kermadec) | Puffinus assimilis kermadecensis | Kermadec Islands | |
Little Shearwater (West Australian) | Puffinus assimilis tunneyi | Islands off sw Australia (Abrolhos Islands to Récherche Arch.) | |
Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Chatham and Antipodes islands | |
Barolo Shearwater | Puffinus baroli | Azores, Desertas, Salvage and Canary islands | |
Boyd's Shearwater | Puffinus boydi | Cape Verde Islands | |
Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
| Puffinus lherminieri lherminieri | Breeds Bahamas and West Indies; formerly Bermuda |
| Puffinus lherminieri loyemilleri | Islets in sw Caribbean |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
Tropical Shearwater (Mascarene) | Puffinus bailloni bailloni | Mascarene Islands | |
Tropical Shearwater (Indopacific) | Puffinus bailloni [dichrous Group] | |
| Puffinus bailloni dichrous | Islands throughout central Pacific (Samoa to Marquesas Islands) |
| Puffinus bailloni nicolae | NW Indian Ocean (Aldabra to Seychelles and Maldives) |
| Puffinus bailloni gunax | Breeds Banks Group (Vanuatu) |
Persian Shearwater | Puffinus persicus | |
| Puffinus persicus persicus | Breeds and ranges Arabian Sea and adjacent waters |
| Puffinus persicus temptator | Mohéli I. (Comoro Islands) |
Heinroth's Shearwater | Puffinus heinrothi | New Britain and Solomon Islands | |
Peruvian Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides garnotii | Arid coasts of Peru and n Chile | |
Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
| Pelecanoides urinatrix berard | Falkland Islands |
| Pelecanoides urinatrix dacunhae | Tristan da Cunha and Gough islands |
| Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul | South Georgia I. east to Antipodes Islands |
| Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrix | Tasmania, New Zealand and islands in Bass Strait |
| Pelecanoides urinatrix chathamensis | Chatham and Snares islands (off New Zealand) |
| Pelecanoides urinatrix coppingeri | Southern Chile |
South Georgia Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides georgicus | |
| Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus | breeds in subantarctic circumpolar regions: South Georgia Island in the S Atlantic Ocean; Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, and Heard Islands in the S Indian Ocean; and on Macquarie Island, south of New Zealand. Ranges at sea in waters near breeding sites |
| Pelecanoides georgicus whenuahouensis | breeds New Zealand (Codfish Island, off the southern end of the South Island; formerly also bred on the Auckland Islands); range at sea not documented |
Magellanic Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides magellani | Islands and fiords of s Chile, s Argentina and extreme se Brazil | |