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Family: Procellariidae



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88 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Aphrodroma brevirostris
[Kerguelen petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 48 cm TL
 
Ardenna creatopus
[Pink-footed shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 27 cm TL
 
Bulweria bulwerii
[Bulwer's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 32 cm TL
 
Bulweria fallax
[Jouanin's petrel]
No picture found
 
Calonectris borealis
[Scopoli's shearwater]

FAO

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 53 cm TL
Calonectris diomedea(Scopoli, 1769)

Photo by FAO
 
Calonectris diomedea
[Cory's shearwater]
No picture found
 
Calonectris edwardsii
[Cape Verde shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 48 cm TL
 
Calonectris leucomelas
[Streaked shearwater]

FAO

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Daption capense(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Daption capense
[Cape petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 51 cm TL
 
Fulmarus glacialis
[Northern fulmar]
No picture found

Max. Length 50 cm TL
 
Fulmarus glacialoides
[Southern fulmar]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Halobaena caerulea
[Blue petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 99 cm TL
 
Macronectes giganteus
[Southern giant petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 94 cm TL
 
Macronectes halli
[Northern giant petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Pachyptila belcheri
[Thin-billed prion]

Auscape International

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 28 cm TL
Pachyptila crassirostris(Mathews, 1912)

Photo by Auscape International
 
Pachyptila crassirostris
[Fulmar prion]

Auscape International

Indo-Pacific, Southern At
Max. Length 27 cm TL
Pachyptila desolata(Gmelin, 1789)

Photo by Auscape International
 
Pachyptila desolata
[Antarctic prion]
No picture found
 
Pachyptila macgillivrayi
[MacGillivray's prion]
No picture found

Max. Length 28 cm TL
 
Pachyptila salvini
[Salvin's prion]

Auscape International

Indo- Pacific, Southern A
Max. Length 28 cm TL
Pachyptila turtur(Kuhl, 1820)

Photo by Auscape International
 
Pachyptila turtur
[Fairy prion]

Auscape International

Indo-Pacific, Southern At
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Pachyptila vittata(Forster, 1777)

Photo by Auscape International
 
Pachyptila vittata
[Broad-billed prion]
No picture found
 
Pagodroma confusa
[Greater snow-petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Pagodroma nivea
[Snow petrel]

FAO

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 58 cm TL
Procellaria aequinoctialisLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by FAO
 
Procellaria aequinoctialis
[White-chinned petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 50 cm TL
 
Procellaria cinerea
[Grey petrel]
No picture found
 
Procellaria conspicillata
[Spectacled petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Procellaria parkinsoni
[Parkinson's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 51 cm TL
 
Procellaria westlandica
[Westland petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Pseudobulweria aterrima
[Mascarene petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 29 cm TL
 
Pseudobulweria becki
[Beck's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi
[Fiji petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 39 cm TL
 
Pseudobulweria rostrata
[Tahiti petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Pterodroma alba
[Phoenix petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 39 cm TL
 
Pterodroma arminjoniana
[Trindade petrel]
No picture found
 
Pterodroma atrata
[Henderson petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Pterodroma axillaris
[Chatham Island petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Pterodroma baraui
[Barau's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Pterodroma brevipes
[Collared petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Pterodroma cahow
[Bermuda petrel]
No picture found
 
Pterodroma caribbaea
[Jamaica petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Pterodroma cervicalis
[White-necked petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Pterodroma cookii
[Cook's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Pterodroma defilippiana
[De filippi's petrel]
No picture found
 
Pterodroma deserta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Pterodroma externa
[Juan fernandez petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Pterodroma feae
[Cape Verde petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Pterodroma hasitata
[Black-capped petrel]
No picture found
 
Pterodroma heraldica
[Herald petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Pterodroma hypoleuca
[Bonin petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Pterodroma incerta
[Atlantic petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Pterodroma inexpectata
[Mottled petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Pterodroma lessonii
[White-headed petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Pterodroma leucoptera
[Gould's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Pterodroma longirostris
[Stejneger's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 41 cm TL
 
Pterodroma macroptera
[Great-winged petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 33 cm TL
 
Pterodroma madeira
[Madeira petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Pterodroma magentae
[Magenta petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Pterodroma mollis
[Soft-plumaged petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Pterodroma neglecta
[Kermadec petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Pterodroma nigripennis
[Black-winged petrel]
No picture found
 
Pterodroma occulta
[Vanuatu petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Pterodroma phaeopygia
[Galapagos petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Pterodroma pycrofti
[Pycroft's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Pterodroma sandwichensis
[Hawaiian dark-rumped petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Pterodroma solandri
[Providence petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 41 cm TL
 
Pterodroma ultima
[Murphy's petrel]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Puffinus assimilis
[Little shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Puffinus auricularis
[Townsend's shearwater]
No picture found
 
Puffinus baroli
[Macaronesian shearwater]
No picture found
 
Puffinus boydi
[Cape Verde little shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Puffinus bulleri
[Buller's shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 45 cm TL
 
Puffinus carneipes
[Flesh-footed shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Puffinus gavia
[Fluttering shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 53 cm TL
 
Puffinus gravis
[Greater shearwater]

FAO

Circumglobal.
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Puffinus griseus(Gmelin, 1789)

Photo by FAO
 
Puffinus griseus
[Sooty shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 27 cm TL
 
Puffinus heinrothi
[Heinroth's shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Puffinus huttoni
[Hutton's shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Puffinus lherminieri
[Audubon's shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Puffinus mauretanicus
[Balearic shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Puffinus nativitatis
[Christmas shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Puffinus newelli
[Newell's shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Puffinus opisthomelas
[Black-vented shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Puffinus pacificus
[Wedge-tailed shearwater]
No picture found
 
Puffinus persicus
[Persian shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Puffinus puffinus
[Manx shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Puffinus tenuirostris
[Short-tailed shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Puffinus yelkouan
[Levantine shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Thalassoica antarctica
[Antarctic petrel]


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