List of Birds of Canada and The United States - 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 medium septum, and a long outer functional primary.

  • Northern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis LC
  • Great-winged Petrel, Pterodroma macroptera (A) LC
  • Herald Petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana VU
  • Murphy's Petrel, Pterodroma ultima NT
  • Mottled Petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata NT
  • Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow EN E
  • Black-capped Petrel, Pterodroma hasitata EN
  • Galápagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia CR
  • Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
  • Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae
  • Cook's Petrel, Pterodroma cookii VU
  • Stejneger's Petrel, Pterodroma longirostris (C) VU
  • Bulwer's Petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A) LC
  • White-chinned Petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis (A) VU
  • Parkinson's Petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni (A) VU
  • Streaked Shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas (C) LC
  • Cory's Shearwater, Calonectris diomedea LC
  • Cape Verde Shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A) NT
  • Pink-footed Shearwater, Puffinus creatopus VU
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes LC
  • Great Shearwater, Puffinus gravis LC
  • Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus (C) LC
  • Buller's Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri VU
  • Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus NT
  • Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris LC
  • Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus LC
  • Townsend's Shearwater, Puffinus auricularis (A) CR (Newell's Shearwater P. (a.) newelli: T)
  • Black-vented Shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas NT
  • Audubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri LC
  • Little Shearwater, Puffinus assimilis (A) LC

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