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Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - PHAETHONTIFORMES   Red-billed Tropicbird i    Phaethontidae    Phaethon aethereus  TrO e PO, Caribbean, c AO, nw IO  Red-tailed Tropicbird i    Phaethontidae    Phaethon rubricauda  TrO IO, PO  White-tailed Tropicbird i U    Phaethontidae    Phaethon lepturus  TrO widespread - PROCELLARIIFORMES   Amsterdam Albatross (EN)  i    Diomedeidae    Diomedea amsterdamensis  IO Amsterdam Island  Antipodean Albatross (EN)  i    Diomedeidae    Diomedea antipodensis  PO Antipodes, Campbell and Auckland islands, NZ  Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (EN)  i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche chlororhynchos  AO Tristan da Cunha group  Black-browed Albatross i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche melanophris  SO widespread  Black-footed Albatross (NT)  i    Diomedeidae    Phoebastria nigripes  PO n, c  Buller's Albatross (NT)  i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche bulleri  PO New Zealand  Campbell Albatross (VU)  i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche impavida  PO Campbell Is, NZ  Chatham Albatross (VU)  i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche eremita  PO Chatham Is, NZ  Grey-headed Albatross (EN)  i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche chrysostoma  SO widespread  Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (EN)  i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche carteri  IO s  Laysan Albatross (NT)  i    Diomedeidae    Phoebastria immutabilis  PO n, c  Light-mantled Albatross (NT)  i    Diomedeidae    Phoebetria palpebrata  SO widespread  Northern Royal Albatross (EN)  i    Diomedeidae    Diomedea sanfordi  PO Chatham Is, NZ  Salvin's Albatross (VU)  i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche salvini  IO, PO Bounty Is, w Snares Is  Short-tailed Albatross (VU)  i    Diomedeidae    Phoebastria albatrus  PO n, c  Shy Albatross (NT)  i    Diomedeidae    Thalassarche cauta  SO Tasmania, Auckland Is  Sooty Albatross (EN)  i    Diomedeidae    Phoebetria fusca  IO, AO s  Southern Royal Albatross (VU)  i    Diomedeidae    Diomedea epomophora  PO Campbell and Auckland islands, NZ  Tristan Albatross (CR)  i    Diomedeidae    Diomedea dabbenena  AO Tristan da Cuhna group  Wandering Albatross (VU)  i    Diomedeidae    Diomedea exulans  SO widespread, except New Zealand  Waved Albatross (CR)  i    Diomedeidae    Phoebastria irrorata  PO Galápagos Is, coastal Ecuador  Ainley's Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma cheimomnestes  PO winter breeder on Guadalupe I. (w Mexico)  Ashy Storm Petrel i U    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma homochroa  PO ne  Band-rumped Storm Petrel i U    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma castro  PO, AO c  Black Storm Petrel i U    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma melania  PO e  Cape Verde Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma jabejabe  AO Cape Verde Is  European Storm Petrel i U    Hydrobatidae    Hydrobates pelagicus  AO ne  Fork-tailed Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma furcata  PO n  Guadalupe Storm Petrel (EX)  i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma macrodactyla †  MA Guadalupe I., Mexico  Hornby's Storm Petrel i U    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma hornbyi  PO se  Leach's Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma leucorhoa  PO, AO n, c  Least Storm Petrel i U    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma microsoma  PO ne  Markham's Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma markhami  PO e  Matsudaira's Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma matsudairae  IO, PO c IO, w PO  Monteiro's Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma monteiroi  AO Azores  Swinhoe's Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma monorhis  IO, PO n IO, w PO  Townsend's Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma socorroensis  PO summer breeder on Guadalupe I. (w Mexico)  Tristram's Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma tristrami  PO nw  Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel i    Hydrobatidae    Oceanodroma tethys  PO e  Black-bellied Storm Petrel i U    Oceanitidae    Fregetta tropica  SO widespread  Elliot's Storm Petrel (DD)  i U    Oceanitidae    Oceanites gracilis  PO e  Grey-backed Storm Petrel i U    Oceanitidae    Garrodia nereis  SO widespread  New Zealand Storm Petrel (CR)  i    Oceanitidae    Fregetta maoriana  PO sw  Pincoya Storm Petrel (DD)  i    Oceanitidae    Oceanites pincoyae  PO Reloncavi Sound, Chile  Polynesian Storm Petrel (EN)  i    Oceanitidae    Nesofregetta fuliginosa  PO c  White-bellied Storm Petrel i U    Oceanitidae    Fregetta grallaria  SO widespread  White-faced Storm Petrel i    Oceanitidae    Pelagodroma marina  TrO, TO widespread  Wilson's Storm Petrel i    Oceanitidae    Oceanites oceanicus  TO, SO widespread  Antarctic Petrel i    Procellariidae    Thalassoica antarctica  SO, AN widespread  Antarctic Prion i    Procellariidae    Pachyptila desolata  SO, AN widespread  Atlantic Petrel (EN)  i U    Procellariidae    Pterodroma incerta  AO s  Audubon's Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus lherminieri  AO North Atlantic and Caribbean  Balearic Shearwater (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus mauretanicus  AO e  Bannerman's Shearwater (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus bannermani  PO c  Barau's Petrel (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma baraui  IO sw  Barolo Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus baroli  AO Azores, Madeira, Canary Is.  Beck's Petrel (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Pseudobulweria becki  PO New Ireland and the Solomons  Bermuda Petrel (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma cahow  AO wc  Black Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Procellaria parkinsoni  PO c, sw  Black-capped Petrel (EN)  i U    Procellariidae    Pterodroma hasitata  AO Cuba and Hispaniola to Martinique  Black-vented Shearwater (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus opisthomelas  PO e  Black-winged Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma nigripennis  PO w  Blue Petrel i    Procellariidae    Halobaena caerulea  SO widespread  Bonin Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma hypoleuca  PO nw  Boyd's Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus boydi  AO Cape Verde Is.  Broad-billed Prion i    Procellariidae    Pachyptila vittata  SO New Zealand, Tristan da Cunha Island  Bryan's Shearwater (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus bryani  PO n, Bonin Islands  Buller's Shearwater (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Ardenna bulleri  PO widespread  Bulwer's Petrel i    Procellariidae    Bulweria bulwerii  TrO, TO widespread  Cape Petrel i    Procellariidae    Daption capense  SO, AN widespread  Cape Verde Shearwater (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Calonectris edwardsii  AO e  Chatham Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma axillaris  PO sw  Christmas Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus nativitatis  PO w  Collared Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma brevipes  PO sw  Common Diving Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pelecanoides urinatrix  SO widespread  Cook's Petrel (VU)  i U    Procellariidae    Pterodroma cookii  PO widespread  Cory's Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Calonectris borealis  AO Azores, Madeira, Canary and Berlenga islands  De Filippi's Petrel (VU)  i U    Procellariidae    Pterodroma defilippiana  PO e  Desertas Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma deserta  AO Desertas Is  Fairy Prion i    Procellariidae    Pachyptila turtur  SO widespread  Fea's Petrel (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma feae  AO Cape Verde Is; e Atlantic Ocean  Fiji Petrel (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi  PO c  Flesh-footed Shearwater (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Ardenna carneipes  PO, IO widespread  Fluttering Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus gavia  PO sw  Fulmar Prion i    Procellariidae    Pachyptila crassirostris  SO s IO, New Zealand  Galapagos Petrel (CR)  i U    Procellariidae    Pterodroma phaeopygia  PO c  Galapagos Shearwater i U    Procellariidae    Puffinus subalaris  PO Galápagos Islands  Gould's Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma leucoptera  PO Cabbage Tree and Boondelbah Is. (Australia) and New Caledonia  Great Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Ardenna gravis  AO widespread  Great-winged Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma macroptera  SO widespread; southern islands from Tristan da Cunha to Kerguelen Is., sw Australia  Grey Petrel (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Procellaria cinerea  SO widespread  Grey-faced Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma gouldi  SO North I. (New Zealand)  Hawaiian Petrel (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma sandwichensis  PO c  Heinroth's Shearwater (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus heinrothi  PO w  Henderson Petrel (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma atrata  PO se  Herald Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma heraldica  PO sw  Hutton's Shearwater (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus huttoni  PO sw  Jamaican Petrel (EX)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma caribbaea †  AO Jamaica  Jouanin's Petrel (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Bulweria fallax  IO nw  Juan Fernandez Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma externa  PO e  Kerguelen Petrel i    Procellariidae    Aphrodroma brevirostris  SO widespread  Kermadec Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma neglecta  PO widespread  Little Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus assimilis  PO sw Pacific, New Zealand  Magellanic Diving Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pelecanoides magellani  SA s coasts  Magenta Petrel (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma magentae  PO s  Manx Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus puffinus  AO widespread  Mascarene Petrel (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Pseudobulweria aterrima  IO w  Mottled Petrel (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma inexpectata  PO, IO widespread  Murphy's Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma ultima  PO sc  Newell's Shearwater (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus newelli  PO Hawaii (Hawaiian Is.)  Northern Fulmar i    Procellariidae    Fulmarus glacialis  NO widespread  Northern Giant Petrel i    Procellariidae    Macronectes halli  SO widespread  Olson's Petrel (EX)  i    Procellariidae    Bulweria bifax †  AO St. Helena I.  Persian Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus persicus  IO Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, n Indian Ocean, Comoros.  Peruvian Diving Petrel (EN)  i U    Procellariidae    Pelecanoides garnotii  SA w coast  Phoenix Petrel (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma alba  PO sw  Pink-footed Shearwater (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Ardenna creatopus  PO e  Providence Petrel (VU)  i U    Procellariidae    Pterodroma solandri  PO w, n  Pycroft's Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma pycrofti  PO sw  Rapa Shearwater (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus myrtae  PO Austral Is.  Salvin's Prion i    Procellariidae    Pachyptila salvini  IO s  Scopoli's Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Calonectris diomedea  AO Mediterranean islands  Short-tailed Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Ardenna tenuirostris  PO n, w  Slender-billed Prion i U    Procellariidae    Pachyptila belcheri  SO widespread  Snow Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pagodroma nivea  SO, AN widespread  Soft-plumaged Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma mollis  SO IO, AO  Sooty Shearwater (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Ardenna grisea  Worldwide widespread  South Georgia Diving Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pelecanoides georgicus  SO widespread  Southern Fulmar i    Procellariidae    Fulmarus glacialoides  SO, AN widespread  Southern Giant Petrel i    Procellariidae    Macronectes giganteus  SO, AN widespread  Spectacled Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Procellaria conspicillata  SO widespread  St. Helena Petrel (EX)  i    Procellariidae    Pseudobulweria rupinarum †  AO St. Helena I.  Stejneger's Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma longirostris  PO n, e  Streaked Shearwater (NT)  i    Procellariidae    Calonectris leucomelas  PO w  Subantarctic Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus elegans  AO, PO, IO Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Chatham and Antipodes Is; southern Indian Ocean incl Amsterdam & St. Paul Is.  Tahiti Petrel (NT)  i U    Procellariidae    Pseudobulweria rostrata  PO sw  Townsend's Shearwater (CR)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus auricularis  PO ec, islands off w Mexico  Trindade Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma arminjoniana  AO, IO S Atlantic (Trindade and Martin Vaz Is); Indian Ocean (Round I, Mauritius)  Tropical Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Puffinus bailloni  IO, PO Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, n and tropical Indian Ocean, tropical Pacific Ocean.  Vanuatu Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma occulta  PO sw  Wedge-tailed Shearwater i    Procellariidae    Ardenna pacifica  PO, IO widespread  Westland Petrel (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Procellaria westlandica  PO sw  White-chinned Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Procellaria aequinoctialis  SO widespread  White-headed Petrel i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma lessonii  SO widespread  White-necked Petrel (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma cervicalis  PO w  Yelkouan Shearwater (VU)  i    Procellariidae    Puffinus yelkouan  AO Mediterranean  Zino's Petrel (EN)  i    Procellariidae    Pterodroma madeira  AO ec 41%   60 species of 150 (4 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide