List of Birds of Argentina - 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.

  • Antarctic Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
  • Hall's Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
  • Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
  • Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica
  • Cape Petrel Daption capense
  • Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea
  • Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera
  • White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
  • Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta
  • Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
  • Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
  • Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
  • Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata (A)
  • Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
  • Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
  • Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
  • Gray Petrel Procellaria cinerea
  • White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
  • Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica (A)
  • Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris
  • Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
  • Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus (A)
  • Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis
  • Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
  • Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
  • Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis

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