IOC English Name Scientific Name Comments
     
 
ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES
  
Penguins (19)
Family Spheniscidae
  
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus  
Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri  
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua  
Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae  
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus  
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus  
Snares Penguin Eudyptes robustus  
Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri  
Western Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome ENG (1)
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi PL (2)
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi AS (3)
Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli  
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus  
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes  
Little Penguin Eudyptula minor TAX (4)
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus ENG (5)
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus  
Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti  
Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus  
     
 
ORDER GAVIIFORMES
  
Loons (5)
Family Gaviidae
  
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata  
Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica  
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica  
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer  
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii  
     
 
ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES
  
Albatrosses (21)
Family Diomedeidae
  
Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis  
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes  
Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata  
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus  
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans TAX (6)
Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis AS (7)
Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis AS (8)
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena AS (9)
Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora ENG (10)
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi AS (11)
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca  
Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata  
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris  
Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida AS (12)
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta TAX (13)
Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita AS (14)
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini AS (15)
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma  
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos ENG (16)
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri TAX (17)
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri TAX (18)
     
Petrels, Shearwaters (86)
Family Procellariidae
  
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus  
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli  
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis  
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides  
Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica  
Cape Petrel Daption capense  
Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea  
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea  
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata  
Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini  
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata  
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri  
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur  
Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris  
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris TAX (19)
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera  
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii  
Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta  
Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri  
Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae  
Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima  
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis  
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira  
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae  
Desertas Petrel Pterodroma deserta AS (20)
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow ENG (21)
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata  
Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa  
Vanuatu Petrel Pterodroma occulta  
Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta  
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica  
Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana  
Henderson Petrel Pterodroma atrata  
Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba  
Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui  
Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis  
Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia  
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata  
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis  
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis  
Chatham Petrel Pterodroma axillaris  
Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca  
Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera  
Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes  
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii  
De Filippi's Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana  
Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris  
Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti  
Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima  
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata  
Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki AS (22)
Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi  
Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea ENG (23)
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis TAX (24)
Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata TAX (25)
Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni ENG (26)
Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica  
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas  
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea  
Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii  
Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis  
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus  
Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri  
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus  
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan  
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus  
Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas  
Townsend's Shearwater Puffinus auricularis  
Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli AS (27)
Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia  
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni  
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri  
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus AS (28)
Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni AS (29)
Galapagos Shearwater Puffinus subalaris AS (30)
Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani  
Heinroth's Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi  
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis TAX (31)
Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli AS (32)
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus  
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris  
Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus  
Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes  
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis  
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii  
Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax  
     
Storm Petrels (23)
Family Hydrobatidae
 TAX, PHY (33)
Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus  
New Zealand Storm Petrel Oceanites maorianus  
Elliot's Storm Petrel Oceanites gracilis ENG (34)
Grey-backed Storm Petrel Garrodia nereis  
White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina  
White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria  
Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica  
Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa  
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus  
Least Storm Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma  
Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma tethys  
Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro TAX (35)
Monteiro's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monteiroi NEW (36)
Cape Verde Storm Petrel Oceanodroma jabejabe NEW (37)
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis  
Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa  
Markham's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma markhami  
Tristram's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma tristrami  
Black Storm Petrel Oceanodroma melania  
Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae  
Ashy Storm Petrel Oceanodroma homochroa  
Hornby's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma hornbyi  
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Oceanodroma furcata  
     
Diving Petrels (4)
Family Pelecanoididae
  
Peruvian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii  
Magellanic Diving Petrel Pelecanoides magellani  
South Georgia Diving Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus  
Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix  

Footnotes:

  1. CHANGE: English name of Eudyptes chrysocome to Western Rockhopper Penguin with splits of E.filholi(?) and E.moseleyi (Banks et al. 2006).
  2. Eudyptes filholi is split from E.chrysocome (Banks et al. 2006); BLI (1.0) does not accept
  3. Eudyptes moseleyi is split from E.chrysocome (Banks et al 2006, BLI)
  4. See Peucker et al. (2009; Auk) for analysis of population structures, including deep division into 2 mtDNA lineages, but split of White-flippered Penguin not yet warranted
  5. CHANGE: English name of Spheniscus demersus from Jackass Penguin to African Penguin
  6. Click to SACC proposal discussion (http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop388.html) for an excellent analysis and debate of these splits
  7. Diomedea antipodensis is split provisionally from D. exulans Wandering Albatross (Robertson and Warham 1994, Brooke 2004, Onley and Scofield 2007; BLI 1.0, Tennyson in press, see SACC re case against this split)
  8. Diomedea amsterdamensis is split from D. exulans Wandering Albatross (Roux et al. 1983, Robertson & Nunn 1998, Brooke 2004, Onley and Scofield 2007; BLI 1.0, and others)
  9. Diomedea dabbenena is split from D. exulans Wandering Albatross (Burg and Croxall 2004, Brooke 2004, Onley and Scofield 2007; BLI 1.0, and others)
  10. CHANGE: English name of Diomedea epomophora to Southern Royal Albatross with split of D.sanfordi
  11. Diomedea sanfordi is split from D.epomophora (Southern) Royal Albatross)(Brooke 2004, BLI 1.0, Onley and Scofield 2007, Tennyson in press)
  12. Thalassarche impavida is split from T. melanophris (Black-browed Albatross) (Brooke 2004, BLI, Tennyson in press, and others)
  13. Thalassarche cauta includes T. steadi White-capped Albatross (Onley & Scofield 2008, Tennyson in press, contra BLI)
  14. Thalassarche eremita is split from T.cauta Shy Albatross ( Tickell 2000,Brooke 2004, BLI, Tennyson in press and others)
  15. Thalassarche salvini is split from T.cauta Shy Albatross (Tickell 2000, Brooke 2004, BLI, Tennyson in press, and others)
  16. CHANGE: English name of Thalassarche chlororhynchos to Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross with split of T.carteri
  17. Thalassarche carteri is split from T. chlororhynchos Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Brooke 2004, BLI 1.0, Onley & Scofield 2007; Tennyson in press)
  18. Thalassarche bulleri includes T.platei (BLI, Tennyson in press)
  19. According to Bourne (2001), Mathews (1942) specifically bestowed Lugensa as the generic name for the species and thus it should stand rather than Aphrodoma, contrary to Olson (2000)
  20. Pterodroma desertae is split from P. feae (Robb and Mullarney 2008, Jesus et al. 2009)
  21. CHANGE:English name of Pterodroma cahow from local vernacular Cahow to Bermuda Petrel to conform to worldwide usage
  22. Pseudobulweria becki is split from P.rostrata (Brooke 2004);recognized by BLI
  23. CHANGE: English name of Procellaria cinerea to Grey Petrel to conform to worldwide usage
  24. See Techow et al 2009 regarding genetic distinction of New Zealand populations P.a.steadi
  25. See Ryan 1998 and Techow et al 2009 for documentation on species status
  26. REVISIT: Australians greatly prefer English name of Black Petrel over Parkinson's Petrel for Procellaria parkinsoni; IOC accepted their position.
  27. Puffinus newelli is split from <P. auricularis> (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007); recognized by BLI but not by AOU.
  28. Puffinus persicus (including temptator) is split from P. lherminieri (Austin 2004, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Onley & Scofield 2007).
  29. Puffinus bailloni is split from P. lherminieri (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007). Under review by BLI.
  30. Puffinus subalaris is split from P.lherminieri (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007,SACC). Not recognized by BLI.
  31. Puffinus assimilis including P. elegans is redefined to exclude split of P.baroli (Austin 2004)
  32. Puffinus baroli is split from Little Shearwater P.assimilis by BOU (Sangster et al 2005, Onley & Scofield 2007) contra Austin (2004). Not recognized by BLI
  33. The subfamilies Hydrobatinae and Oceanitinae may not be sister taxa treated as separate families (Nunn and Stanley 1998; Hackett et al. 2008)
  34. CHANGE: English name of Oceanites gracilis from White-vented Storm Petrel to Elliot's Storm Petrel to follow SACC, and to avoid confusion with White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria
  35. Band-rumped Storm Petrel comprises five or more species worldwide including cryptic sympatric species that breed at different seasons (Smith et al 2007, Friesen et al 2007, Monteiro et al 2008 )
  36. Monteiro's Storm Petrel is a newly described cryptic species of "Band-rumped" Storm Petrel (Bolton et al 2008)
  37. Cape Verde Storm Petrel is a newly described cryptic species of "Band-rumped" Storm Petrel (Bolton 2007)