Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
- PROCELLARIIFORMES |
Atlantic Petrel (EN) i U | Procellariidae | Pterodroma incerta | AO | Gough and (at least formerly) Tristan da Cunha (Tristan da Cunha group, sc Atlantic Ocean) | to deep offshore waters of s Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina and sw Africa |
Barau's Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma baraui | IO | montane Réunion (w Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean) | tropical Indian Ocean mostly s of the Equator, off e, s Madagascar; to Arabian Sea and nw Australian waters |
Bermuda Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma cahow | AO | rocky islets in Castle Harbour (se Bermuda, wc North Atlantic) | to Gulf Stream off se Canada to North Carolina (rare; nw Atlantic Ocean) and to Azores (ne Atlantic Ocean) |
Black-capped Petrel (EN) i U | Procellariidae | Pterodroma hasitata | AO | montane Hispaniola (""Black-faced"") and Dominica (""White-faced""), perhaps also se Cuba and ne Jamaica; extinct as a breeder Guadeloupe | to Gulf Stream off s Canada to North Carolina and continental shelf waters to Florida and throughout Caribbean Sea |
Black-winged Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma nigripennis | PO | Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Grande Terre (New Caledonia), n, e North I. and Kermadec Is. (ne of North I.) and Chatham Is. (e of South I.; New Zealand), Tonga and Cook Is. (c P | to waters off se Australia and Pacific Ocean se of Japan e to nw Mexico and Central America, Galápagos and Peru |
Bonin Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma hypoleuca | PO | Ogasawara Is. (=Bonin) and Iwo Is. (=Volcano; se of Japan) and Kure Atoll to French Frigate Shoals (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.) | to Honshu (c Japan), Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia) |
Chatham Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma axillaris | PO | South East I. (=Rangatira, Chatham Is., e of South I., New Zealand) | to Nazca Ridge w of Peru and Chile (c South Pacific Ocean) |
Collared Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma brevipes | PO | Vanuatu to Austral Is. (se Polynesia) | to ec tropical Pacific |
Cook's Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma cookii | PO | Great and Little Barrier is. (off ne North I.) and Codfish I. (=Whenua Hou, nw of Stewart I.; New Zealand) | to Tasman Sea, off se Australia and ne to se Pacific Ocean off Aleutian Is. and w Pacific coast from nw Mexico to Chile |
Desertas Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma deserta | AO | summer breeder on Bugio (Desertas Is., se of Madeira, c Macaronesia, w of n Africa) | to Gulf Stream off North Carolina (nw Atlantic Ocean) and w of Ireland (ne Atlantic) |
Fea's Petrel (NT) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma feae | AO | winter breeder in montane Santo Antao, Sao Nicolau, Fogo and Santiago (Cape Verde Is., s Macaronesia, w of n Africa) | |
Galapagos Petrel (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma phaeopygia | PO | montane Isabela, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Floreana and San Cristobal (Galápagos) | to waters off w Mexico, Central America and Ecuador |
Gould's Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma leucoptera | PO | Cabbage Tree, Boondelbah, Broughton and Little Broughton, and Montague is. (just off se Australia) and montane Grande Terre (New Caledonia) | to Tasman Sea, Antarctica and tropical Pacific to Hawaiian and Galápagos is. |
Great-winged Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma macroptera | SO | subtropical to temperate is. from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean) to Kerguelen Is. (se Indian Ocean) and islets off sw Australia | subtropical to temperate South Atlantic and South Indian oceans to s African and w Australian waters |
Grey-faced Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma gouldi | SO | islets off n North I. (New Zealand) | to Tasman Sea off se Australia and Chatham Rise, e of New Zealand |
Hawaiian Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma sandwichensis | PO | montane Kaua'i, Moloka'i (formerly), Lana'i, Maui and Hawaii (main Hawaiian Is.) | to Gulf of Alaska and offshore waters of e North Pacific from Oregon to California |
Henderson Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma atrata | PO | Henderson (c Pitcairn group) and Moto Nui, Eastern Is. (=Eastern Is.; se Polynesia) | |
Herald Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma heraldica | IO, PO | Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Raine I. (few; ne Australia), Chesterfield Reefs (New Caledonia), Tonga and Samoa (c Polynesia) to s Cook, Austral, Marquesas, Tuamotu and Pitcairn groups and Rapa Nui (Easter=Eastern Is. group, s | to Peru Current |
Jamaican Petrel (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma caribbaea | AO | montane e Jamaica | |
Juan Fernandez Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma externa | PO | montane Alejandro Selkirk (=Mas Afuera, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) | to tropical Pacific around main Hawaiian Is. |
Kermadec Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma neglecta | PO | subtropical Pacific Ocean: Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Kermadec Is. (ne of North I., New Zealand), Pitcairn to Easter (=Eastern groups; e Polynesia) and Juan Fernandez, San Amb | to e Australia, nw and ec Pacific to Hawaii and Peru |
Magenta Petrel (CR) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma magentae | PO | Chatham Is. (e of South I., New Zealand) | to Pitcairn group (se Polynesia), Juan Fernandez and Nazca Ridge (w of c South America) |
Masatierra Petrel (VU) i U | Procellariidae | Pterodroma defilippiana | PO | San Ambrosio and San Felix (Desventuradas Is., far w of nc Chile) and Santa Clara (sw of Robinson Crusoe=Mas a Tierra, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) | to coastal waters of s Peru and n, c Chile and to Pitcairn group (e Polynesia) |
Mottled Petrel (NT) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma inexpectata | PO, IO | islets off Fiordland and in Lake Hauroko (sw South I.), in Foveaux Strait and around Stewart is., and Snares Is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | forages to subantarctic and Antarctic waters, se Australia; migrates to Bering Sea and subarctic Pacific (n Pacific Ocean) |
Murphy's Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma ultima | PO | s Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral, Pitcairn, Easter is. (=Eastern Is.) and Salas y Gomez (se Polynesia) | to s of Aleution Is., Gulf of Alaska and ne Pacific coast |
Phoenix Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma alba | PO | Phoenix (Kiribati, c Polynesia), Line, Marquesas, Pitcairn and Easter is. (=Eastern Is. group; se Polynesia) | to Kermadec Is. (ne of North I., New Zealand) and ec Pacific |
Providence Petrel i U | Procellariidae | Pterodroma solandri | PO | Lord Howe I. and (few) Phillip I. (Norfolk group; e of Australia) | to e Australia and nw Pacific off Kamchatka and Japan and to Bering Sea |
Pycroft's Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma pycrofti | PO | islets off ne North I. (New Zealand) | to c, ne Pacific |
Soft-plumaged Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma mollis | SO | subtropical to subantarctic islands of South Indian and South Atlantic oceans, from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (sc Atlantic) to Maatsuyker I. (s of Tasmania), Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Antipodes (se of Stewart I., New Zealand) | to waters of s Australasia, s Africa, s of Madagascar and se South America |
Stejneger's Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma longirostris | PO | Alejandro Selkirk (=Mas Afuera, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) | across Pacific to offshore waters s of Japan; also to s coastal Chile |
Trindade Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma arminjoniana | AO, IO | Trindade and Martim Vaz Is. (e of c Brazil, tropical sw Atlantic Ocean) and Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean) | to e Malagasy waters; e edge of Caribbean islands and temperate w Atlantic Gulf Stream n to Virginia; s to waters of s Brazil |
Vanuatu Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma occulta | PO | Vanua Lava (Banks Is., n Vanuatu) | |
White-headed Petrel i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma lessonii | SO | subantarctic islands of South Indian and South Pacific oceans, from Crozet (sw Indian Ocean) to Antipodes (se of Stewart I.) and Auckland is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | to waters of s South America, s Africa, s Australasia and Antarctica |
White-necked Petrel (VU) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma cervicalis | PO | Phillip I. (s of Norfolk Is., far e of Australia) and Macauley I. (Kermadec Is., ne of North I., New Zealand) | to se Australia and nw, nc Pacific Ocean to se Japan and ec Pacific |
Zino's Petrel (EN) i | Procellariidae | Pterodroma madeira | AO | summer breeder in montane c Madeira (c Macaronesia, w of n Africa) | St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean) and ne Brazil (wc South Atlantic) |
22% 8 species of 35 (0 extinct).