List of Birds of Fiji - Shearwaters and Petrels

Shearwaters and Petrels

Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 16 species which occur in Fiji.

Procellariidae
Species	Viti Levu	Vanua Levu	Taveuni	Kadavu	Lomaiviti	Lau	Rotuma
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus	V
Cape Petrel Daption capense	V
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	B	B	B	B	B	B
Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri	V
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus	V
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris	V
Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis	V
Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi*					B
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata			B		B
Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes	B	B	B	B	B	B
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera	V
Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba	V
Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana	V
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata	P
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis	V
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis	V

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