Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
| - PHAETHONTIFORMES |
| Red-billed Tropicbird i | Phaethontidae | Phaethon aethereus | TrO | tropical and subtropical islands off nw Africa, n South Atlantic, Persian Gulf region, se Vietnam, nw Mexico to Ecuador, and Caribbean | pelagic in tropical and subtropical oceans: in Gulf Stream n to North Carolina (w North Atlantic), far out to sea in Atlantic, nw Indian Ocean to w Indian coast, c California to c Chile (e Pacific) |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird i | Phaethontidae | Phaethon rubricauda | TrO, IO, PO | tropical and subtropical islands of South Indian and Pacific oceans | pelagic; to waters off se Africa, sw, e Indonesia, s Japan, Taiwan, e Australia |
| White-tailed Tropicbird i U | Phaethontidae | Phaethon lepturus | TrO | widespread all tropical oceans (except e Pacific and ne Atlantic) | pelagic; to waters off e Africa, w, s Sri Lanka (w, n Indian Ocean), Indonesian Arch. and New Guinea waters, ec Australia (sw South Pacific) and Gulf Stream n to North Carolina (w North Atlantic) |
| - PROCELLARIIFORMES |
| Amsterdam Albatross (EN) i | Diomedeidae | Diomedea amsterdamensis | IO | Amsterdam I. (sc Indian Ocean) | sc Indian Ocean to w Australian waters |
| Antipodean Albatross (EN) i | Diomedeidae | Diomedea antipodensis | PO | Chatham, Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell is. (e, s of South I.; New Zealand) | to Tasman Sea (off se Australia) and se Pacific |
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (EN) i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | AO | Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean) | mainly s Atlantic Ocean between Tropic of Capricorn and Subtropical Convergence |
| Black-browed Albatross i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche melanophris | SO | islands of s Chile, Falkland, South Georgia and South Sandwich (se of South Georgia), Crozet, Heard, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia), Antipodes, Snares and Campbell groups (se, s of South I.; New Zealand) | widespread all southern oceans from n of Antarctic Convergence to Tropic of Capricorn |
| Black-footed Albatross (NT) i | Diomedeidae | Phoebastria nigripes | PO | Torishima (s Izu), Kita-ko-jima (Senkaku Is., w of Okinawa), and Muko-jima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.; s of Japan) and Northwestern Hawaiian Is. (most of population) | North Pacific from Bering Sea to Tropic of Cancer |
| Buller's Albatross (NT) i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche bulleri | PO | islets of nw North I. (rare), Chatham Is. (e of South I.), w of Stewart I. and Snares (s of South I.; New Zealand) | to e Australian waters and w coast of South America |
| Campbell Albatross (VU) i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche impavida | PO | Campbell and Jeanette Marie is. (Campbell Is., s of South I., New Zealand) | to s Australia, Ross Sea (Antarctica) and c Pacific |
| Chatham Albatross (VU) i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche eremita | PO | Pyramid Rock (Chatham Is., e of South I., New Zealand) | to Humboldt and Magellanic currents off s Peru and Chile |
| Grey-headed Albatross (EN) i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche chrysostoma | SO | subantarctic islands of Ildefonso and Diego Ramirez (sw of Tierra del Fuego), South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Campbell is. (s of South I., New Zealand) | s oceans mostly s of Subtropical Convergence |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (EN) i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche carteri | IO | Prince Edward Is. (s of South Africa), Crozet Is. (s of Madagascar), Amsterdam, St. Paul and Kerguelen is. (sw to se Indian Ocean) | mainly s Indian Ocean between Tropic of Capricorn and Subtropical Convergence |
| Laysan Albatross (NT) i | Diomedeidae | Phoebastria immutabilis | PO | Torishima (s Izu) and Muko-jima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.; s of Japan), Northwestern Hawaiian Is. (most of population) and Guadelupe and Revillagigedo is. (w of n, c Mexico) | North Pacific from Bering Sea to Tropic of Cancer |
| Light-mantled Albatross (NT) i | Diomedeidae | Phoebetria palpebrata | SO | subantarctic is. from South Georgia to Macquarie I. (far se of Australia), Antipodes (se of Stewart I.) and Campbell Is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | widespread all subantarctic oceans from Subtropical Convergence to Antarctica |
| Northern Royal Albatross (EN) i | Diomedeidae | Diomedea sanfordi | PO | Otago Pen. (se South I.) and Sisters and Forty Fours (Chatham Is., e of South I.; New Zealand) | widespread all s temperate and subantarctic oceans, mostly Pacific |
| Salvin's Albatross (VU) i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche salvini | IO, PO | Bounty (most of population; e of Stewart I.), w Snares (s of South I.; New Zealand) and Crozet is. (few; South Indian Ocean) | to temperate and subtropical waters off se Australia, w coast of South America, and s Africa |
| Short-tailed Albatross (VU) i | Diomedeidae | Phoebastria albatrus | PO | Minami-Kojima (Senkaku Is., sw of Okinawa), Tori-shima (s Izu Is.), a few on Yome-jima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.; se of Japan) and Midway Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.) | North Pacific from Bering Sea to Tropic of Cancer |
| Shy Albatross (NT) i | Diomedeidae | Thalassarche cauta | SO | Tasmania and Auckland Is. (s of South I., New Zealand) | s Indian and Pacific oceans |
| Snowy Albatross (VU) i | Diomedeidae | Diomedea exulans | SO | high-latitude islands of South Georgia, Prince Edward (s of South Africa, sw South Atlantic Ocean), Crozet (s of Madagascar), Heard and Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean) | widespread all southern oceans |
| Sooty Albatross (EN) i | Diomedeidae | Phoebetria fusca | IO, AO | temperate and subantarctic is. Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean), Amsterdam and St. Paul is. (sc Indian Ocean), Prince Edward, Crozet and Kerguelen is. (sw to se Indian Ocean) | temperate s Atlantic and Indian oceans, centered on Subtropical convergence |
| Southern Royal Albatross (VU) i | Diomedeidae | Diomedea epomophora | PO | Enderby (Auckland) and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | widespread all s temperate and subantarctic oceans |
| Tristan Albatross (CR) i | Diomedeidae | Diomedea dabbenena | AO | Inaccessible and Gough is. (Tristan da Cunha group, sc Atlantic Ocean) | subtropical and temperate s Atlantic Ocean |
| Waved Albatross (CR) i | Diomedeidae | Phoebastria irrorata | PO | Hood (=Espanola, se Galápagos) and I. La Plata (off coastal Ecuador) | to coastal waters of Ecuador and n Peru |
| Ainley's Storm Petrel (VU) i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates cheimomnestes | PO | winter breeder, is. Negro, Afuera and Gargoyle Rocks, off Guadalupe I. (w of Baja California, nw Mexico) | to tropical se Pacific near Galápagos |
| Ashy Storm Petrel (EN) i U | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates homochroa | PO | islands of Van Damme Cove (Mendocino Co.); Bird Rock (Pt. Reyes), and Farallon Is. (w of c California); Channel Is. (w of s California); Coronado Is. and I. de Todos Santos (w of nw Baja California, nw Mexico) | coastal California Current to n California (including Monterey Bay) and nc Baja California (nw Mexico) |
| Band-rumped Storm Petrel i U | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates castro | PO, AO | Azores (cold-season breeding), Madeira (hot-season breeding), Desertas, Salvage, Canary and Cape Verde is. (n to s Macaronesia, w of n Africa); Berlengas Is. (just w of c Portugal); islands off St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean), Boatswainbird I. (ju | in North Atlantic, to Gulf Stream of temperate nw Atlantic and offshore waters of n Gulf of Mexico, offshore waters of tropical e Atlantic off w, c Africa and in Gulf of Guinea; in North Pacific, seas s, e of Japan, near main Hawaiian Is., and ec Pacific |
| Black Storm Petrel i U | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates melania | PO | Channel Is. (w of s California), Is. de San Benito (w of c Baja California), Roca Consag, Isla San Luis, Isla Partida and Isla Cardonosa Este (e of n, nc, c Baja California, Gulf of California) | coastal e Pacific waters n to c California and s to n Peru |
| Cape Verde Storm Petrel i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates jabejabe | AO | is. Branco, Raso, off Boavista, and Rombo (ne, ec, and sw Cape Verde Is.; s Macaronesia, w of nw Africa) | present all year around Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of nw Africa) |
| European Storm Petrel i U | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates pelagicus | AO | islets of ne North Atlantic from s Iceland and c Norway to n Spain, Canary Is. (c Macaronesia, w of nw Africa), w Africa, and w, nc Mediterranean Sea | |
| Fork-tailed Storm Petrel i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates furcatus | PO | islands off n Kuril and Commander Is. (se Russia), Aleutian Is., and Gulf of Alaska to n California | to e coast of Japan, s Sea of Okhotsk, n Bering Sea, and c California coast |
| Guadalupe Storm Petrel (EX) i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates macrodactylus † | MA | Guadalupe I. (w of Baja California, nw Mexico) | |
| Leach's Storm Petrel (VU) i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates leucorhous | PO, AO | ne Atlantic from s Iceland, Faroe Is., c Norway, Ireland and Scotland; nw Atlantic from s Labrador to Massachusetts; nw Pacific from ne Russia and ne Japan to Alaska and n, c Baja California (nw Mexico); also off sw Africa | to tropical Pacific Ocean mainly n of Tropic of Capricorn, and tropical Atlantic, reaching s Africa in temperate se Atlantic Ocean |
| Least Storm Petrel i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates microsoma | PO | Is. de San Benito (w of c Baja California), Roca Consag, Isla San Luis, I. Partida and I. Cardonosa Este (e of n, nc, c Baja California, Gulf of California) | Gulf of California and coastal e Pacific Ocean waters from s California to Ecuador |
| Markham's Storm Petrel (NT) i U | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates markhami | PO | I. San Gallan and I. Independencia (=La Vieja, w and s of Paracas Pen., sc Peru), Atacama Desert to mts. 50 km inland between Arica and s of Iquique (n Chile) | ec Pacific to coasts of s Mexico, Galápagos and c Chile |
| Matsudaira's Storm Petrel (VU) i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates matsudairae | IO, PO | Kita-Iwojima and Minami-Iwojima (Iwo=Volcano Is., s of Ogasawara=Bonin Is., s of Japan) | w Micronesia through seas of e Indonesian Arch., nw of Australia to Chagos Arch. (s of Maldives), Arabian Sea, Seychelles, and off e African coast |
| Monteiro's Storm Petrel (VU) i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates monteiroi | AO | hot-season breeding Azores: is. da Praia and de Baixo (e, se of Graciosa, nc Azores, n Macaronesia, w of Portugal) | present Azores mainly April-August; non-breeding range unknown |
| Ringed Storm Petrel (NT) i U | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates hornbyi | PO | Atacama Desert, mostly in mts. 85 km inland (n Chile) | Humboldt Current of s Ecuador to nc Chile |
| Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (NT) i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates monorhis | IO, PO | Verkhovsky and Karamzhin is. and satellite islets (sw of Vladivostok, Russia), off Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu (c Japan), Korean Pen., off Shandong and Guangdong (e China) and Taiwan; possibly also Macaronesia (off nw Africa) | through seas of e Indonesian Arch., Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia) to w, s India and Sri Lanka, Arabian Sea, and off ne African coast, mostly n of Equator |
| Townsend's Storm Petrel (EN) i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates socorroensis | PO | summer breeder, is. Negro and Afuera, off Guadalupe I. (w of s Baja California, nw Mexico) | to waters off s California and s Mexico |
| Tristram's Storm Petrel i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates tristrami | PO | Izu, Ogasawara (=Bonin) and formerly Iwo (=Volcano) is. (s of Japan), and Northwestern Hawaiian Is. | to e coastal waters of mainland Japan and to Kauai (w main Hawaiian Is.) |
| Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel i | Hydrobatidae | Hydrobates tethys | PO | islands of n Galápagos and off coasts of c Peru and nc Chile | coastal c Baja California (including s Gulf of California; nw Mexico) to n Chile and tropical Pacific to se of Hawaiian Is. and ne of Marquesas Is. (e Polynesia) |
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel i U | Oceanitidae | Fregetta tropica | SO | circumpolar subantarctic islands of South Georgia, Antarctic Pen., Bouvetoya (sw of s Africa), Tristan da Cunha perhaps including Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean); Prince Edward, Crozet and Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Bounty, Antipodes and Auckland is. (s | southern oceans mostly s of Equator to Antarctic Convergence |
| Elliot's Storm Petrel (DD) i | Oceanitidae | Oceanites gracilis | PO | Chungunga I. (Coquimbo, c Chile) at least; probably also Galápagos | Humboldt Current from Ecuador to c Chile and Galápagos |
| Grey-backed Storm Petrel i | Oceanitidae | Garrodia nereis | SO | subantarctic islands: Falkland, South Georgia and Gough (s Atlantic Ocean), Crozet and Kerguelen (sw, se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (few; far se of Australia), Chatham, Antipodes and Auckland (e, se, and s of South I., New Zealand) | to s Tasman Sea and Antarctic Convergence |
| New Caledonian Storm Petrel (DD) i | Oceanitidae | Fregetta lineata | PO | New Caledonia | to seas off se Australia, Samoa and the Marquesas Is. (w, e Polynesia) |
| New Zealand Storm Petrel (CR) i | Oceanitidae | Fregetta maoriana | PO | Little Barrier I. (e of n North I., New Zealand) | to seas off se Australia and Fiji area (sw Polynesia) |
| Pincoya Storm Petrel (DD) i | Oceanitidae | Oceanites pincoyae | PO | Known only from Reloncavi Sound (Puerto Montt area n of Chiloe, Los Lagos region, sc Chile); breeding sites not known | |
| Polynesian Storm Petrel (EN) i | Oceanitidae | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | PO | Vanuatu, Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Fiji (perhaps extinct, w Polynesia), Kiribati, Marquesas, Gambier and Salas y Gomez (Easter group=Eastern Is.; e Polynesia), formerly also Samoa and Cook Is. (c, e Polynesia) | |
| White-bellied Storm Petrel i U | Oceanitidae | Fregetta grallaria | SO | tropical and subtropical southern ocean islands: sc Indian Ocean is., Lord Howe Is. (far e of Australia), Kermadec Is. (ne of North I., New Zealand), Rapa (Austral Is., e Polynesia) and San Felix and San Ambrosio (Easter I.=Eastern Is. group, se Polynesia | tropical and subtropical southern oceans between Equator and Subtropical Convergence |
| White-faced Storm Petrel i | Oceanitidae | Pelagodroma marina | AO, IO, PO | Salvage (nw of Canary Is.), Canary and Cape Verde is. (Macaronesia, off nw Africa), Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean), s Australian islets and New Zealand region | to subtropical waters in North and South Atlantic, nw and tropical Indian to Seychelles, and se Pacific oceans |
| Wilson's Storm Petrel i | Oceanitidae | Oceanites oceanicus | SO | islets in s Chilean fjords and Cape Horn Arch.; many is., coasts and inland sites in Antarctica; Falklands, South Georgia, Crozet, Heard, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean) and Macquarie is. (far se of Australia) | throughout world oceans except tropical and North Pacific |
| Antarctic Petrel i | Procellariidae | Thalassoica antarctica | SO, AN | islets, coasts and to 300 km inland in Antarctica | Southern Ocean mostly near ice, s of Antarctic Convergence |
| Antarctic Prion i | Procellariidae | Pachyptila desolata | SO, AN | islets of subantarctic to Antarctic oceans (mainly s of Antarctic Convergence) from Antarctic Pen. to Scott I. (n of Ross Sea) Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Auckland is. (s of South I., New Zealand) | from pack-ice to waters off s South America, Africa and Australasia |
| Atlantic Petrel (EN) i U | Procellariidae | Pterodroma incerta | AO | Gough and (at least formerly) Tristan da Cunha (Tristan da Cunha group, sc Atlantic Ocean) | to deep offshore waters of s Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina and sw Africa |
| Balearic Shearwater (CR) i U | Procellariidae | Puffinus mauretanicus | AO | islets of Balearic Is. (w Mediterranean Sea) | to Atlantic coasts of sw Europe and nw Africa |
| Bannerman's Shearwater (EN) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus bannermani | PO | Higashijima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.) and Minami-iwo-jima (Volcano=Iwo Is.; far se Japan) | to Izu Is. (s of c Japan) |
| Barau's Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma baraui | IO | montane Réunion (w Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean) | tropical Indian Ocean mostly s of the Equator, off e, s Madagascar; to Arabian Sea and nw Australian waters |
| Barolo Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus baroli | AO | islets off Graciosa and Santa Maria (c, s Azores); Porto Santo and Desertas groups (ne, se Madeira); Selvagem Grande (Salvage Is., n of Canary Is.); Tenerife and satellites, and satellites off Lanzarote (wc, e Canary Is.) | rare to coasts of sw Europe and nw Africa, and near shelf-slope break off New England (nw North Atlantic) |
| Beck's Petrel (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pseudobulweria becki | PO | likely breeds montane s New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.) | e Bismarck Arch., Buka to Temotu (Solomon Is.) and Vanuatu; also recorded Geelvink Bay and nc Moluccas |
| Bermuda Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma cahow | AO | rocky islets in Castle Harbour (se Bermuda, wc North Atlantic) | to Gulf Stream off se Canada to North Carolina (rare; nw Atlantic Ocean) and to Azores (ne Atlantic Ocean) |
| Black Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Procellaria parkinsoni | PO | Great and Little Barrier is. (off ne North I., New Zealand) | to se offshore Australian waters and ec Pacific off Mexico to Ecuador |
| Black-capped Petrel (EN) i U | Procellariidae | Pterodroma hasitata | AO | montane Hispaniola (""Black-faced"") and Dominica (""White-faced""), perhaps also se Cuba and ne Jamaica; extinct as a breeder Guadeloupe | to Gulf Stream off s Canada to North Carolina and continental shelf waters to Florida and throughout Caribbean Sea |
| Black-vented Shearwater (NT) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus opisthomelas | PO | I. San Martin (w of nw Baja), Guadalupe, San Benito, Cedros, and Is. Natividad (w of c Baja California), and I. Rasa (n Gulf of California; nw Mexico) | to c California inshore waters, Gulf of California and to inshore waters of c Mexico |
| Black-winged Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma nigripennis | PO | Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Grande Terre (New Caledonia), n, e North I. and Kermadec Is. (ne of North I.) and Chatham Is. (e of South I.; New Zealand), Tonga and Cook Is. (c Po | to waters off se Australia and Pacific Ocean se of Japan e to nw Mexico and Central America, Galápagos and Peru |
| Blue Petrel i | Procellariidae | Halobaena caerulea | SO | islands of subantarctic Atlantic and Indian oceans mostly s of Antarctic Convergence from Diego Ramirez (s of Tierra del Fuego) and Cape Horn (s South America) to Macquarie (far se of Australia) | forages to Antarctic waters; disperses to waters of s South America and s Australia |
| Bonin Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma hypoleuca | PO | Ogasawara Is. (=Bonin) and Iwo Is. (=Volcano; se of Japan) and Kure Atoll to French Frigate Shoals (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.) | to Honshu (c Japan), Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia) |
| Boyd's Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus boydi | AO | Cape Verde Is. (except Maio; extinct Sal) | rare to Canary Is., nw African coastal waters and Amazon Reef (ne South America) |
| Broad-billed Prion i | Procellariidae | Pachyptila vittata | SO | islets off South I. and outlying is. groups of New Zealand, and Nightingale, Inaccessible, and Gough (Tristan da Cunha group, sc Atlantic Ocean) | to s African, tropical Indian Ocean and s Australasian waters |
| Bryan's Shearwater (CR) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus bryani | PO | Higashi-jima (n Bonin=Ogasawara Is., far se Japan) | to n of Bonin Is. (=Ogasawara Is.; waters s of Kyushu) |
| Buller's Shearwater (VU) i | Procellariidae | Ardenna bulleri | PO | Poor Knights Is. (off ne North I., New Zealand) | to subarctic north Pacific, also e Australia and w South American waters to c Chile |
| Bulwer's Petrel i | Procellariidae | Bulweria bulwerii | TrO | Ilheu da Vila (Azores), Porto Santo and Desertas (Madeira group), Salvage (n of Canary Is.), Canary Is., Raso and Ilheu de Cima (n, s Cape Verde is.; Macaronesia, off w Africa), Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean), islands off s Chin | to w and s in Atlantic, reaching w Africa; widely in tropical Indian Ocean s to Mascarenes and through Indonesian Arch. to New Guinea and n Australia, to s and ec tropical Pacific |
| Cape Verde Shearwater (NT) i | Procellariidae | Calonectris edwardsii | AO | Santo Antao, Branco, Raso, San Nicolau, Santiago and Brava (Cape Verde Is.; s Macaronesia, w of nw Africa) | to w African, s Brazilian and n Argentine waters of Brazil-Falklands (=Malvinas) Convergence |
| Chatham Islands Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma axillaris | PO | South East I. (=Rangatira, Chatham Is., e of South I., New Zealand) | to Nazca Ridge w of Peru and Chile (c South Pacific Ocean) |
| Christmas Shearwater i U | Procellariidae | Puffinus nativitatis | PO | islands of Northwestern Hawaiian Is., Lehua and Ka'ula (n, sw of Ni'hau, w of Kauai), Moku Manu (O'ahu; Hawaiian Is.), Line, Austral, Marquesas, Gambier, Pitcairn, Easter (=Eastern) groups and is. Salas y Gomez (e Polynesia) | to Micronesia (w tropical Pacific) and w coasts of c Mexico to Peru (e tropical Pacific) |
| Collared Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma brevipes | PO | Vanuatu to Austral Is. (se Polynesia) | to ec tropical Pacific |
| Common Diving Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pelecanoides urinatrix | SO | islands of subtropical to subantarctic Atlantic, Indian and sw Pacific | temperate and subantarctic southern oceans around s South America and to se of New Zealand region |
| Cook's Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma cookii | PO | Great and Little Barrier is. (off ne North I.) and Codfish I. (=Whenua Hou, nw of Stewart I.; New Zealand) | to Tasman Sea, off se Australia and ne to se Pacific Ocean off Aleutian Is. and w Pacific coast from nw Mexico to Chile |
| Cory's Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Calonectris borealis | AO | all main islands and islets, Azores; Madeira I., Porto Santo group and Desertas, Madeira Is.; Salvages (n of Canary Is.); Canary Is. (n, c Macaronesia, w of nw Africa), Berlenga Is. (just w of c Portugal) and a few w Mediterranean islands | temperate and tropical North and South Atlantic Ocean |
| Desertas Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma deserta | AO | summer breeder on Bugio (Desertas Is., se of Madeira, c Macaronesia, w of n Africa) | to Gulf Stream off North Carolina (nw Atlantic Ocean) and w of Ireland (ne Atlantic) |
| Fairy Prion i | Procellariidae | Pachyptila turtur | SO | islets of s subtropical to subantarctic oceans from Falkland Is. to outlying New Zealand is. | |
| Fea's Petrel (NT) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma feae | AO | winter breeder in montane Santo Antao, Sao Nicolau, Fogo and Santiago (Cape Verde Is., s Macaronesia, w of n Africa) | |
| Fiji Petrel (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | PO | Probably breeds Gau (c Fiji, sw Polynesia) | seas around Fiji (sw Polynesia) |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater (NT) i | Procellariidae | Ardenna carneipes | PO, IO | islets off St. Paul (c Indian Ocean), sw, s Australia, Lord Howe I. (e of Australia), North I. and Cook Strait (New Zealand) | to Arabian Sea, e Malagasy region, n Pacific e of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk to Gulf of Alaska and w USA coast (rare) |
| Fluttering Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus gavia | PO | islets of ne North I. and Marlborough Sounds (ne South I.; New Zealand) | to s, e Australian waters |
| Fulmar Prion i | Procellariidae | Pachyptila crassirostris | SO | Heard I. (sc Indian Ocean) and outlying New Zealand is. | |
| Galapagos Petrel (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma phaeopygia | PO | montane Isabela, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Floreana and San Cristobal (Galápagos) | to waters off w Mexico, Central America and Ecuador |
| Galapagos Shearwater i U | Procellariidae | Puffinus subalaris | PO | islets off Wolf (=Wenman), Santa Cruz (=Indefatigable), Campeon (=Champion, ne of Floreana), Islote Pitt (ne of San Cristobal=Chatham) and Espanola (=Hood; Galápagos) | to waters off wc Mexico and Central America (se North Pacific Ocean) |
| Gould's Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma leucoptera | PO | Cabbage Tree, Boondelbah, Broughton and Little Broughton, and Montague is. (just off se Australia) and montane Grande Terre (New Caledonia) | to Tasman Sea, Antarctica and tropical Pacific to Hawaiian and Galápagos is. |
| Great Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Ardenna gravis | AO | Kidney I. (Falkland Is.), Nightingale, Inaccessible and Gough (Tristan da Cunha group; sc Atlantic Ocean) | to s Atlantic off coasts of s South America and s Africa, and n to temperate and Arctic North Pacific Ocean to s coasts of Greenland and nw Europe |
| Great-winged Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma macroptera | SO | subtropical to temperate is. from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean) to Kerguelen Is. (se Indian Ocean) and islets off sw Australia | subtropical to temperate South Atlantic and South Indian oceans to s African and w Australian waters |
| Grey Petrel (NT) i | Procellariidae | Procellaria cinerea | SO | islets of s temperate and subantarctic oceans from Inaccessible and Gough (c South Atlantic Ocean) to Macquarie (far se of Australia), Antipodes (se of Stewart I.) and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | to subantarctic Argentine and s African waters (sw Atlantic) and s Australian and New Zealand waters (sw Pacific oceans) |
| Grey-faced Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma gouldi | SO | islets off n North I. (New Zealand) | to Tasman Sea off se Australia and Chatham Rise, e of New Zealand |
| Hawaiian Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma sandwichensis | PO | montane Kaua'i, Moloka'i (formerly), Lana'i, Maui and Hawaii (main Hawaiian Is.) | to Gulf of Alaska and offshore waters of e North Pacific from Oregon to California |
| Heinroth's Shearwater (VU) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus heinrothi | PO | presumably montane Bougainville, Kolombangara and Rendova (n, wc Solomon Is.) | to Bismarck Arch., Flores and Molucca seas |
| Henderson Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma atrata | PO | Henderson (c Pitcairn group) and Moto Nui, Eastern Is. (=Eastern Is.; se Polynesia) | |
| Herald Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma heraldica | IO, PO | Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Raine I. (few; ne Australia), Chesterfield Reefs (New Caledonia), Tonga and Samoa (c Polynesia) to s Cook, Austral, Marquesas, Tuamotu and Pitcairn groups and Rapa Nui (Easter=Eastern Is. group, s | to Peru Current |
| Hutton's Shearwater (EN) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus huttoni | PO | montane ne South I. (New Zealand) | to nw Australian waters |
| Jamaican Petrel (EX) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma caribbaea † | AO | montane e Jamaica | |
| Jouanin's Petrel (NT) i | Procellariidae | Bulweria fallax | IO | Socotra and possibly Oman | mainly nw Indian Ocean, including gulfs of Aden and Oman; to waters of Seychelles and Mascarenes, sw India, Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia) and off e, ne Africa |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma externa | PO | montane Alejandro Selkirk (=Mas Afuera, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) | to tropical Pacific around main Hawaiian Is. |
| Kerguelen Petrel i | Procellariidae | Aphrodroma brevirostris | SO | South Georgia, Gough and Inaccessible (sc Atlantic), Prince Edward (s of South Africa), Crozet (s of Madagascar) and Kerguelen is. (s Indian Ocean) | subantarctic and Antarctic waters n of pack-ice |
| Kermadec Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma neglecta | PO | subtropical Pacific Ocean: Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Kermadec Is. (ne of North I., New Zealand), Pitcairn to Easter (=Eastern groups; e Polynesia) and Juan Fernandez, San Amb | to e Australia, nw and ec Pacific to Hawaii and Peru |
| Little Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus assimilis | IO, PO | sc Indian Ocean, islets off sw, s Australia and outlying islands of New Zealand | |
| MacGillivray's Prion (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pachyptila macgillivrayi | AO, IO | Roche Quille, off St. Paul I. and formerly Amsterdam I. (c South Indian Ocean) and Gough (Tristan da Cunha group, sc Atlantic Ocean) | |
| Magellanic Diving Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pelecanoides magellani | SA | islets in Chilean fjords to Cape Horn | coasts and fjords of Gulf of Ancud (sc Chile), off Cape Horn and n to coastal Santa Cruz (se Argentina) |
| Magenta Petrel (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma magentae | PO | Chatham Is. (e of South I., New Zealand) | to Pitcairn group (se Polynesia), Juan Fernandez and Nazca Ridge (w of c South America) |
| Manx Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus puffinus | AO | islands of subarctic, temperate and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean | to South Atlantic Ocean waters of Brazil and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and sw Africa, mostly over continental shelves |
| Masatierra Petrel (VU) i U | Procellariidae | Pterodroma defilippiana | PO | San Ambrosio and San Felix (Desventuradas Is., far w of nc Chile) and Santa Clara (sw of Robinson Crusoe=Mas a Tierra, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) | to coastal waters of s Peru and n, c Chile and to Pitcairn group (e Polynesia) |
| Mascarene Petrel (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pseudobulweria aterrima | IO | montane Réunion (w Mascarenes; formerly also Rodrigues) | to Seychelles, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Timor Sea (n of w Australia) |
| Mottled Petrel (NT) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma inexpectata | PO, IO | islets off Fiordland and in Lake Hauroko (sw South I.), in Foveaux Strait and around Stewart is., and Snares Is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | forages to subantarctic and Antarctic waters, se Australia; migrates to Bering Sea and subarctic Pacific (n Pacific Ocean) |
| Murphy's Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma ultima | PO | s Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral, Pitcairn, Easter is. (=Eastern Is.) and Salas y Gomez (se Polynesia) | to s of Aleution Is., Gulf of Alaska and ne Pacific coast |
| Newell's Shearwater (CR) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus newelli | PO | Lehua (n of Nihau), montane Kauai, Molokai and Hawaii (main Hawaiian Is.) | to waters s of Japan and Mariana Is. (nw Micronesia) and to sw Pacific near New Caledonia, Solomon Is. and Vanuatu |
| Northern Fulmar i | Procellariidae | Fulmarus glacialis | NA, PAL | is. and coasts of North Atlantic, bays between Arctic and North Atlantic, and North Pacific including Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea | to coasts of nw Pacific s to Japan, ne Pacific s to Baja California (nw Mexico), w Atlantic s to North Carolina, e Atlantic s to France |
| Northern Giant Petrel i | Procellariidae | Macronectes halli | SO | islands n of Antarctic Convergence from South Georgia to Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Stewart, Chatham (e of South I.), Antipodes (se of Stewart I.), and Auckland and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | widespread in all s oceans mostly n of Antarctic Convergence |
| Olson's Petrel (EX) i | Procellariidae | Bulweria bifax †† † | AO | St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean) | |
| Persian Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus persicus | IO | breeds Khuriya Muriya Is. (s of Oman), Socotra and Moheli (=Mwali, Comoro Is.) | Arabian Sea to Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, w coast of India and Comoro Is. (sw Indian Ocean) |
| Peruvian Diving Petrel (NT) i U | Procellariidae | Pelecanoides garnotii | SA | islets from Lobos de Tierra (w of n Peru) to Coronel (Bio-Bio region, sc Chile) | coastal zone of Humboldt Current from n Peru to sc Chile |
| Phoenix Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma alba | PO | Phoenix (Kiribati, c Polynesia), Line, Marquesas, Pitcairn and Easter is. (=Eastern Is. group; se Polynesia) | to Kermadec Is. (ne of North I., New Zealand) and ec Pacific |
| Pink-footed Shearwater (VU) i | Procellariidae | Ardenna creatopus | PO | e South Pacific Ocean islands off Chile: Santa Clara and Morro Vinilla (sw of Robinson Crusoe), Robinson Crusoe (=Mas a Tierra; Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) and Isla Mocha (just w of sc Chile) | inshore and coastal e Pacific Ocean waters to s Chile and n to Gulf of Alaska |
| Pintado Petrel i | Procellariidae | Daption capense | SO, AN | subantarctic and Antarctic is. and coasts | to tropics in cold waters of Benguela Current of s Africa, s Australasia and Humboldt Current of South America n to Ecuador and s Brazil |
| Providence Petrel i U | Procellariidae | Pterodroma solandri | PO | Lord Howe I. and (few) Phillip I. (Norfolk group; e of Australia) | to e Australia and nw Pacific off Kamchatka and Japan and to Bering Sea |
| Pycroft's Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma pycrofti | PO | islets off ne North I. (New Zealand) | to c, ne Pacific |
| Rapa Shearwater (CR) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus myrtae | PO | Tauturou, Rapa Iti and Karapoo Iti (islets off Rapa, e Tubuai=Austral Is., se Polynesia) | |
| Salvin's Prion i | Procellariidae | Pachyptila salvini | IO | Prince Edward and Crozet is. (sw Indian Ocean) | to s African and s Australasian waters |
| Sargasso Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus lherminieri | AO | Elbow Cay (e of c Abaco, n Bahamas), Long Cay (Exumas, ec Bahamas), off n Cuba, e of Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles (Caribbean Sea); Crab Cay (Providencia Is., e of Nicaragua); Tiger Cay (Bocos del Toro Arch., Caribbean nw Panama); is. Los Roques, O | to Gulf Stream n to New England (w North Atlantic) and Gulf of Mexico |
| Scopoli's Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Calonectris diomedea | AO | islands of Mediterranean and sw France | to Gulf Stream of temperate w Atlantic, off e Caribbean and ec South America to w, s African and s Malagasy waters |
| Short-tailed Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Ardenna tenuirostris | PO | islets off s, se Australia, Bass Strait and Tasmania (se Australia) | to Antarctic ice edge waters then to Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea (North Pacific Ocean) |
| Slender-billed Prion i U | Procellariidae | Pachyptila belcheri | SO | Isla Noir (off s Chile), Falkland Is., Crozet Is. (s of Madagascar, sw South Indian Ocean) and Kerguelen (se Indian Ocean) | widespread in southern oceans to Humboldt Current of w South America, off coast to s Brazil, and s Australasia |
| Snow Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pagodroma nivea | SO, AN | satellite islets, coasts and to 440 km inland in Antarctica | near pack-ice in Southern Ocean |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma mollis | SO | subtropical to subantarctic islands of South Indian and South Atlantic oceans, from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (sc Atlantic) to Maatsuyker I. (s of Tasmania), Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Antipodes (se of Stewart I., New Zealand) | to waters of s Australasia, s Africa, s of Madagascar and se South America |
| Sooty Shearwater (NT) i | Procellariidae | Ardenna grisea | Worldwide | s temperate and subantarctic islands from s Chile and Falklands to s Australia and Tasmania, Macquarie (far se of Australia) and outlying islands of New Zealand | n to North Atlantic to Greenland and nw Europe, and n Pacific to Gulf of Alaska and w USA |
| South Georgia Diving Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pelecanoides georgicus | SO | islands of subantarctic Atlantic, Indian and sw Pacific oceans from South Georgia to Heard (sc South Indian Ocean) and Codfish I. (=Whenua Hou, nw of Stewart I., New Zealand) | |
| Southern Fulmar i | Procellariidae | Fulmarus glacialoides | SO, AN | islets and coast of Antarctica | s oceans from pack-ice to Humboldt Current off Chile and Peru |
| Southern Giant Petrel i | Procellariidae | Macronectes giganteus | SO, AN | is. and coasts of s Chile and Argentina and Antarctica to Heard (sc Indian Ocean) and Macquarie is. (far se of Australia) | widespread in all s oceans and cold currents to n, often s of Antarctic Convergence, often along beaches |
| Spectacled Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Procellaria conspicillata | SO | temperate South Atlantic Ocean: Inaccessible (Tristan da Cunha group, sc Atlantic) | temperate South Atlantic Ocean: to South American coast of s Brazil to n Argentina and to sw Africa |
| St. Helena Petrel (EX) i | Procellariidae | Pseudobulweria rupinarum †† † | AO | St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean) | |
| Stejneger's Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma longirostris | PO | Alejandro Selkirk (=Mas Afuera, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) | across Pacific to offshore waters s of Japan; also to s coastal Chile |
| Streaked Shearwater (NT) i | Procellariidae | Calonectris leucomelas | PO | islands from Russian Far East, Korean Pen., and Japan to islands off w Taiwan | w Pacific to Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, n Australia, Melanesia and Micronesia |
| Subantarctic Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus elegans | AO, PO, IO | Tristan da Cunha and Gough (sc Atlantic), Star Keys (Chatham Is., e of South I.) and Antipodes Is. (se of South I.; New Zealand) | to Falkland Is. and sw Africa (South Atlantic Ocean), widely in s New Zealand seas and sc Chilean coast (South Pacific Ocean) |
| Tahiti Petrel (NT) i U | Procellariidae | Pseudobulweria rostrata | PO | Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Gau (Fiji; sw Polynesia), American Samoa (c Polynesia), Society, Marquesas and Gambier is. (se Tuamotu Is.; e Polynesia) | to tropical Pacific Ocean waters off New Guinea and n Australia, and ec Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America |
| Townsend's Shearwater (CR) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus auricularis | PO | montane Socorro and Clarion is. (Revillagigedo Is., far w of c Mexico) | to coastal waters from s Baja California to Oaxaca (nw to sw Mexico) |
| Trindade Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma arminjoniana | AO, IO | Trindade and Martim Vaz Is. (e of c Brazil, tropical sw Atlantic Ocean) and Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean) | to e Malagasy waters; e edge of Caribbean islands and temperate w Atlantic Gulf Stream n to Virginia; s to waters of s Brazil |
| Tropical Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Puffinus bailloni | IO, PO | tropical Indian and tropical Pacific oceans | |
| Vanuatu Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma occulta | PO | Vanua Lava (Banks Is., n Vanuatu) | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater i | Procellariidae | Ardenna pacifica | PO, IO | islets of tropical South Indian Ocean: Amirantes and Inner Is. (c, ne Seychelles) and Mascarenes (Malagasy region), Chagos and Cocos (Keeling) (se Indian Ocean), New Guinea region, and w Australia; islets of subtropical and tropical Pacific Ocean: e Austr | to Arabian Sea coasts of nw Africa and e Malagasy region, s India and Bay of Bengal in tropical Indian Ocean; through seas of s and e Indonesian Arch.; in Pacific, to Tasmania and waters n of North I. (New Zealand) and to coastal waters of e North Pacific |
| Westland Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Procellaria westlandica | PO | coastal foothills of Paparoa Range, nw South I. (New Zealand) | to se Australian waters and Humboldt Current of se Pacific from n Chile to Cape Horn (s Chile) |
| White-chinned Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Procellaria aequinoctialis | SO | islets of s temperate and subantarctic oceans n of Antarctic Convergence from Falkland Is. to s outlying islands of New Zealand | to South American coasts n to Peru and s Brazil and s to Antarctic Pen., s Africa, s Australia and New Zealand region |
| White-headed Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma lessonii | SO | subantarctic islands of South Indian and South Pacific oceans, from Crozet (sw Indian Ocean) to Antipodes (se of Stewart I.) and Auckland is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | to waters of s South America, s Africa, s Australasia and Antarctica |
| White-necked Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma cervicalis | PO | Phillip I. (s of Norfolk Is., far e of Australia) and Macauley I. (Kermadec Is., ne of North I., New Zealand) | to se Australia and nw, nc Pacific Ocean to se Japan and ec Pacific |
| Yelkouan Shearwater (VU) i | Procellariidae | Puffinus yelkouan | AO | islets of c, e Mediterranean and w Black Sea | throughout Mediterranean and Black Sea |
| Zino's Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma madeira | AO | summer breeder in montane c Madeira (c Macaronesia, w of n Africa) | St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean) and ne Brazil (wc South Atlantic) |
44% 66 species of 152 (4 extinct).
