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Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Animalia Procellariidae

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789)

Puffinus pacificus, the wedge-tailed shearwater, is the largest tropical shearwa…

Sooty Shearwater
Animalia Procellariidae

Sooty Shearwater

Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789)

Puffinus griseus, the sooty shearwater, is a dark-plumaged long-distance migrato…

Buller's Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Buller's Albatross

Thalassarche bulleri (Rothschild, 1893)

Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) is an albatross species endemic to New…

Shy Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Shy Albatross

Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841)

Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta) is the largest mollymawk, endemic breeding al…

Gray-headed Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Gray-headed Albatross

Thalassarche chrysostoma (J.R.Forster, 1785)

Thalassarche chrysostoma, the grey-headed albatross, is a Southern Ocean seabird…

Salvin's Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Salvin's Albatross

Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild, 1893)

Salvin's albatross is a large mollymawk that breeds on Southern Ocean islands an…

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

Thalassarche carteri (Rothschild, 1903)

Thalassarche carteri, the Indian yellow-nosed albatross, is a medium-sized albat…

Black-browed Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)

Thalassarche melanophris, the black-browed albatross, is a medium-sized southern…

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789)

Thalassarche chlororhynchos, the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross, is a small mol…

Southern Royal Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Southern Royal Albatross

Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825

Diomedea epomophora, the southern royal albatross, is a large seabird that nests…

Northern Royal Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Northern Royal Albatross

Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917

Diomedea sanfordi (northern royal albatross) is a large seabird that breeds in N…

Snowy Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Snowy Albatross

Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758

Diomedea exulans, the snowy albatross, is a large long-lived seabird that ranges…

Antipodean Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Antipodean Albatross

Diomedea antipodensis C.J.R.Robertson & Warham, 1992

Diomedea antipodensis is a large South Pacific albatross with distinct plumage d…

Black-footed Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Black-footed Albatross

Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1839)

Phoebastria nigripes, the black-footed albatross, is a mostly dark northern Paci…

Short-tailed Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Short-tailed Albatross

Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769)

Phoebastria albatrus, the short-tailed albatross, is a medium-sized North Pacifi…

Waved Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Waved Albatross

Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin, 1883)

Phoebastria irrorata, the waved albatross, is a medium-sized albatross that most…

Laysan Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893)

The Laysan albatross is a large North Pacific seabird with distinct plumage, lon…

Light-mantled Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Light-mantled Albatross

Phoebetria palpebrata (J.R.Forster, 1785)

Phoebetria palpebrata, the light-mantled albatross, is a Southern Ocean seabird …

Sooty Albatross
Animalia Diomedeidae

Sooty Albatross

Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822)

Phoebetria fusca, the sooty albatross, is a medium-sized southern albatross that…

European Storm-Petrel
Animalia Hydrobatidae

European Storm-Petrel

Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hydrobates pelagicus, the European storm petrel, is a small migratory seabird th…

Least Storm-Petrel
Animalia Hydrobatidae

Least Storm-Petrel

Oceanodroma microsoma (Coues, 1864)

The least storm petrel is the smallest seabird in Procellariiformes, breeding of…

Markham's Storm-Petrel
Animalia Hydrobatidae

Markham's Storm-Petrel

Oceanodroma markhami (Salvin, 1883)

Markham's storm petrel is a Humboldt Current endemic seabird that nests in the A…

Black Storm-Petrel
Animalia Hydrobatidae

Black Storm-Petrel

Hydrobates melania (Bonaparte, 1854)

Hydrobates melania, the black storm petrel, is a small seabird in the Hydrobatid…

Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Animalia Hydrobatidae

Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel

Oceanodroma tethys (Bonaparte, 1852)

The wedge-rumped storm petrel is a storm petrel that breeds in the Galápagos Isl…