Bird group
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
97 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.
The Antarctic Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Antarctic Prion is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Atlantic Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the South Atlantic and subtropical Atlantic islands. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Balearic Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and nearby breeding islands. It ranges widely over the…
The Bannerman's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the…
The Barau's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Reunion and the tropical western Indian Ocean. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Barolo Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Beck's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over the…
The Bermuda Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Bermuda, the Caribbean, and the western North Atlantic. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Black-capped Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Bermuda, the Caribbean, and the western North Atlantic. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Black-vented Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of the eastern Pacific off South America and nearby islands. It ranges widely over the…
The Black-winged Petrel is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Blue Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Bonin Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Hawaii, the north-central Pacific, and nearby oceanic islands. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Boyd's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Broad-billed Prion is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Bryan's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Hawaii, the north-central Pacific, and nearby oceanic islands. It ranges widely over the…
The Buller's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Bulwer's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over the…
The Cape Verde Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Cape Verde Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the…
The Chatham Islands Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the Chatham Islands and nearby southwest Pacific. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Christmas Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Hawaii, the north-central Pacific, and nearby oceanic islands. It ranges widely over the…
The Collared Petrel is a tubenose seabird of central and south Pacific islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Common Diving-Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Cook's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Cory's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Desertas Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Fairy Prion is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Fiji Petrel is a tubenose seabird of central and south Pacific islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic soaring…
The Flesh-footed Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Fluttering Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Fulmar Prion is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Galapagos Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the Galapagos and eastern tropical Pacific. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Galapagos Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of the Galapagos and eastern tropical Pacific. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Gould's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Gray Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Gray-faced Petrel is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Great Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of the South Atlantic and subtropical Atlantic islands. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Great-winged Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over…
The Hawaiian Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Hawaii, the north-central Pacific, and nearby oceanic islands. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Heinroth's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over…
The Henderson Petrel is a tubenose seabird of central and south Pacific islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Herald Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over the…
The Hutton's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Jouanin's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Socotra, Oman, and the northwestern Indian Ocean. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Juan Fernandez Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the eastern Pacific off South America and nearby islands. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Kerguelen Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Kermadec Petrel is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Little Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over the…
The MacGillivray's Prion is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Magellanic Diving-Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the…
The Magenta Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the Chatham Islands and nearby southwest Pacific. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Manx Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and nearby breeding islands. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Masatierra Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the eastern Pacific off South America and nearby islands. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Mascarene Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Reunion and the tropical western Indian Ocean. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Mottled Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over the…
The Murphy's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of central and south Pacific islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Newell's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Hawaii, the north-central Pacific, and nearby oceanic islands. It ranges widely over the…
The Northern Fulmar is a tubenose seabird of North Atlantic and North Pacific cold seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Northern Giant-Petrel is a tubenose seabird of North Atlantic and North Pacific cold seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Parkinson's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Persian Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Socotra, Oman, and the northwestern Indian Ocean. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Peruvian Diving-Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the eastern Pacific off South America and nearby islands. It ranges widely over the…
The Phoenix Petrel is a tubenose seabird of central and south Pacific islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Pink-footed Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of the eastern Pacific off South America and nearby islands. It ranges widely over the…
The Pintado Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Providence Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over the…
The Pycroft's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Rapa Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of central and south Pacific islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Salvin's Prion is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Sargasso Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Bermuda, the Caribbean, and the western North Atlantic. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Scopoli's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the…
The Short-tailed Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of southern breeding islands with broad trans-equatorial oceanic movements. It ranges…
The Slender-billed Prion is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Snow Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Soft-plumaged Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Sooty Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of southern breeding islands with broad trans-equatorial oceanic movements. It ranges widely…
The South Georgia Diving-Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the…
The Southern Fulmar is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Southern Giant-Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Spectacled Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the South Atlantic and subtropical Atlantic islands. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Stejneger's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over…
The Streaked Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of East Asian breeding islands and the western Pacific. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Subantarctic Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Tahiti Petrel is a tubenose seabird of central and south Pacific islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic soaring…
The Townsend's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over…
The Trindade Petrel is a tubenose seabird of the South Atlantic and subtropical Atlantic islands. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Tropical Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The Vanuatu Petrel is a tubenose seabird of central and south Pacific islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic…
The Wedge-tailed Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The Westland Petrel is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. It ranges widely over the sea, using…
The White-chinned Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over…
The White-headed Petrel is a tubenose seabird of subantarctic and Antarctic islands and southern oceans. It ranges widely over the sea,…
The White-necked Petrel is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. It ranges widely over…
The Yelkouan Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and nearby breeding islands. It ranges widely over the…
The Zino's Petrel is a tubenose seabird of Macaronesian and eastern Atlantic breeding islands and seas. It ranges widely over the sea,…
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