Fulmars, Petrels and Shearwaters
Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Procellariidae
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium nasal septum, and a long outer functional primary flight feather. 51 species have been recorded from Australian waters.
| Common name | Binomial | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea | vagrant, Heard Island |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | |
| Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | |
| Fulmar Prion | Pachyptila crassirostris | vagrant; Heard Island |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |
| Westland Petrel | Procellaria westlandica | vagrant |
| Black Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | |
| Grey Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | vagrant |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | vagrant |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Ardenna creatopus | vagrant |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | vagrant |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | vagrant |
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | vagrant |
| Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia | |
| Hutton's Shearwater | Puffinus huttoni | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | vagrant |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Lugensa brevirostris | |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | vagrant |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | vagrant |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | vagrant; Lord Howe Island; Norfolk Island |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | vagrant |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | vagrant; Norfolk Island |
| Vanuatu Petrel | Pterodroma occulta | vagrant |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | vagrant |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
| South Georgian Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides georgicus | vagrant; Macquarie Island; Heard Island |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Australia, Non-passerines