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Galápagos Petrel
Procellariidae

Galápagos Petrel

Pterodroma phaeopygia (Salvin, 1876)

Pterodroma phaeopygia, the Galápagos petrel, is an endemic gadfly petrel of the Galápagos Islands with low nesting success.

Kermadec Petrel
Procellariidae

Kermadec Petrel

Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel, 1863)

The Kermadec petrel is a polymorphic gadfly petrel that breeds across Pacific island colonies, with some confirmed and dubious vagrant records.

Atlantic Petrel
Procellariidae

Atlantic Petrel

Pterodroma incerta (Schlegel, 1863)

Pterodroma incerta, the Atlantic petrel, is a South Atlantic-endemic gadfly petrel that breeds on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island.

Murphy's Petrel
Procellariidae

Murphy's Petrel

Pterodroma ultima Murphy, 1949

Murphy's petrel is a little-known dark South Pacific gadfly petrel with an extremely large breeding foraging range.

White-headed Petrel
Procellariidae

White-headed Petrel

Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot, 1826)

Pterodroma lessonii, the white-headed petrel, is a seabird with a distinct pale head and dark eye patch, specific coloured plumage and body features.

Masatierra Petrel
Procellariidae

Masatierra Petrel

Pterodroma defilippiana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869)

Pterodroma defilippiana, the Masatierra petrel, is a 26 cm seabird that nests on two Chilean island groups in the eastern Pacific.

Black-winged Petrel
Procellariidae

Black-winged Petrel

Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild, 1893)

Pterodroma nigripennis, the black-winged petrel, is a small East Pacific pelagic seabird that only comes to land to breed.

Great-winged Petrel
Procellariidae

Great-winged Petrel

Pterodroma macroptera (A.Smith, 1840)

Pterodroma macroptera (great-winged petrel) is a large dark brown Southern Hemisphere seabird that feeds mostly on squid.

Hawaiian Petrel
Procellariidae

Hawaiian Petrel

Pterodroma sandwichensis (Ridgway, 1884)

Pterodroma sandwichensis, the Hawaiian petrel, is a large endemic petrel of Hawaiʻi with rare vagrant records in western North America.

Great-winged Petrel
Procellariidae

Great-winged Petrel

Pterodroma macroptera gouldi (Hutton, 1869)

This is a subspecies of the great-winged petrel, a large dark-brown Southern Hemisphere seabird that feeds mainly on squid.

Manx Shearwater
Procellariidae

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus (Brunnich, 1764)

Puffinus puffinus, the Manx shearwater, is a long-distance migrating marine seabird that nests in North Atlantic island burrows.

Fluttering Shearwater
Procellariidae

Fluttering Shearwater

Puffinus gavia (J.R.Forster, 1844)

Puffinus gavia, the fluttering shearwater, is a small to medium shearwater endemic to New Zealand with distinct plumage and habits.

Black-vented Shearwater
Procellariidae

Black-vented Shearwater

Puffinus opisthomelas Coues, 1864

Puffinus opisthomelas (black-vented shearwater) is a pelagic seabird that breeds off Baja California, Mexico.

Hutton's Shearwater
Procellariidae

Hutton's Shearwater

Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912

Puffinus huttoni, or Hutton's shearwater, is a medium-sized New Zealand-breeding migratory seabird that feeds at sea on small fish and krill.

Yelkouan Shearwater
Procellariidae

Yelkouan Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827)

Puffinus yelkouan, the yelkouan shearwater, is a Mediterranean seabird with characteristic shearing flight, that is hard to distinguish from related shearwaters.

Balearic Shearwater
Procellariidae

Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus Lowe, 1921

The Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) is a medium-sized shearwater that breeds in the Balearic Islands.

Galapagos Shearwater
Procellariidae

Galapagos Shearwater

Puffinus subalaris Ridgway, 1897

Puffinus subalaris (Galápagos shearwater) is a small slender shearwater with defined plumage traits, closely resembling the tropical shearwater.

Sargasso Shearwater
Procellariidae

Sargasso Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839

Puffinus lherminieri, the Sargasso shearwater, is a small Atlantic seabird that breeds in Caribbean and Lucayan Archipelago islands.

Little Shearwater
Procellariidae

Little Shearwater

Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838

Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 is a small shearwater with four recognized subspecies distributed across islands of Australia and New Zealand.

Peruvian Diving Petrel
Pelecanoididae

Peruvian Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides garnotii (Lesson, 1828)

Peruvian diving petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii) is a small diving seabird that dives for food and can fly long distances from breeding grounds.

Common Diving Petrel
Pelecanoididae

Common Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789)

Pelecanoides urinatrix, the common diving petrel, is a small southern ocean seabird often confused with the South Georgian diving petrel.

Bulwer's Petrel
Procellariidae

Bulwer's Petrel

Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828)

Bulweria bulwerii is a pelagic long-winged petrel widespread across tropical and subtropical oceans with distinctive buoyant twisting flight.

White-chinned Petrel
Procellariidae

White-chinned Petrel

Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758

Procellaria aequinoctialis, the white-chinned petrel, is a large seabird that breeds on subantarctic islands and ranges across the Southern Ocean.

Black Petrel
Procellariidae

Black Petrel

Procellaria parkinsoni G.R.Gray, 1862

Procellaria parkinsoni, the black petrel, is a medium-sized endemic New Zealand seabird now breeding only on Great Barrier and Little Barrier Islands.

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