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. Eleven species have been regularly recorded from Tasmanian waters, while another 20 species are vagrants.
- Southern Giant Petrel, Macronectes giganteus
- Northern Giant Petrel, Macronectes halli
- Southern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides (V)
- Antarctic Petrel, Thalassoica antarctica (V)
- Cape Petrel, Daption capense
- Broad-billed Prion, Pachyptila vittata (V)
- Salvin's Prion, Pachyptila salvini (V)
- Antarctic Prion, Pachyptila desolata
- Slender-billed Prion, Pachyptila belcheri (V)
- Fairy Prion, Pachyptila turtur
- White-chinned Petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis (V)
- Westland Petrel, Procellaria westlandica (V)
- Grey Petrel, Procellaria cinerea (V)
- Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus
- Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris
- Fluttering Shearwater, Puffinus gavia
- Little Shearwater, Puffinus assimilis (V)
- Buller's Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri (V)
- Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes (V)
- Fluttering Shearwater, Puffinus gavia (V)
- Hutton's Shearwater, Puffinus huttoni (V)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus (V)
- Kerguelen Petrel, Pterodroma brevirostris (V)
- Mottled Petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata (V)
- Gould's Petrel, Pterodroma leucoptera (V)
- Great-winged Petrel, Pterodroma macroptera (V)
- Black-winged Petrel, Pterodroma nigripennis (V)
- Providence Petrel, Pterodroma solandri (V)
- Great-winged Petrel, Pterodroma macroptera
- White-headed Petrel, Pterodroma lessonii
- Common Diving-petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tasmania