| IOC English Name | Scientific Name | Range | Comments |
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ORDER GAVIIFORMES |
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Loons (5) |
Family Gaviidae |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763) | NA, EU : widespread | |
| Black-throated Loon | Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : also w Alaska | |
| G. a. arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) | nw and nc Eurasia | ||
| G. a. viridigularis Dwight, 1918 | ne Siberis, w Alaska | ||
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica (Lawrence, 1858) | NA : also e Asia, | |
| Great Northern Loon | Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764) | NA, EU : widespread NA, w Europe | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii (Gray, GR, 1859) | NA, EU : n | |
ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES |
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Penguins (18) |
Family Spheniscidae |
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| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, JF, 1778 | SO : widespread | |
| Emperor Penguin | Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, GR, 1844 | AN : widespread | |
| Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua (Forster, JR, 1781) | SO : widespread | |
| P. p. papua (Forster, JR, 1781) | subantarctic regions | ||
| P. p. ellsworthi Murphy, 1947 | Antarctic Peninsula to South Sandwich Is. | ||
| Adelie Penguin | Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) | SO, AN : widespread | |
| Chinstrap Penguin | Pygoscelis antarcticus (Forster, JR, 1781) | SO, AN : widespread | |
| Fiordland Penguin | Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray, GR, 1845 | AU : s Australia, New Zealand | |
| Snares Penguin | Eudyptes robustus Oliver, 1953 | AU : Snares I, New Zealand | |
| Erect-crested Penguin | Eudyptes sclateri Buller, 1888 | AU : s New Zealand | |
| Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, JR, 1781) | AO, SA : Cape Horn to the Falkland Is;Kerguelen Is.; Subantarctic islands of New Zealand | AL, ENG : Change English name of Eudyptes chrysocome to Southern Rockhopper Penguin with inclusion of filholi as ssp (v2.9) |
| E. c. chrysocome (Forster, JR, 1781) | Cape Horn to the Falkland Is. | ||
| E. c. filholi Hutton, FW, 1879 | Kerguelen Is.; Subantarctic islands of New Zealand | ||
| Northern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes moseleyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921 | AO, IO : Tristan da Cuhna group, St. Paul Is., Amsterdam Is. | AS : Eudyptes moseleyi is split from E.chrysocome (Banks et al 2006, BLI) |
| Royal Penguin | Eudyptes schlegeli Finsch, 1876 | AU : Macquarie I and nearby islets | |
| Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) | SO : AO, IO | |
| Yellow-eyed Penguin | Megadyptes antipodes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) | AU : New Zealand | |
| Little Penguin | Eudyptula minor (Forster, JR, 1781) | AU : s Australia, New Zealand | TAX : 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 (NZ Checklist 4e) |
| E. m. novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) | Tasmania, s Australia | ||
| E. m. iredalei Mathews, 1911 | n North Island (New Zealand) | ||
| E. m. variabilis Kinsky & Falla, 1976 | s North Island ( New Zealand), Cook Strait | ||
| E. m. minor (Forster, JR, 1781) | w and s South Island and Stewart Island (New Zealand) | ||
| E. m. albosignata Finsch, 1874 | e South Island (New Zealand) | ||
| E. m. chathamensis Kinsky & Falla, 1976 | Chatham Is. (New Zealand) | ||
| African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AF : s | ENG : Change English name of Spheniscus demersus from Jackass Penguin to African Penguin |
| Magellanic Penguin | Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, JR, 1781) | SA : s | |
| Humboldt Penguin | Spheniscus humboldti Meyen, 1834 | SA : w | |
| Galapagos Penguin | Spheniscus mendiculus Sundevall, 1871 | SA : Galápagos Islands | |
ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES |
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Albatrosses (21) |
Family Diomedeidae |
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| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893) | PO : n, c | |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1839) | PO : n, c | |
| Waved Albatross | Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin, 1883) | PO : Galápagos Is, coastal Ecuador | |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769) | PO : n, c | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 | SO : widespread, except New Zealand | |
| Antipodean Albatross | Diomedea antipodensis Robertson, CJR & Warham, 1992 | PO : Antipodes, Campbell and Auckland islands, NZ | AS : Diomedea antipodensis is split provisionally from D. exulans Wandering Albatross (Robertson and Warham 1994, Brooke 2004, Onley and Scofield 2007; BLI 1.0, Tennyson 2010, see SACC 388 re case against this split) |
| D. a. antipodensis Robertson, CJR & Warham, 1992 | Antipodes and Campbell Is. | ||
| D. a. gibsoni Robertson, CJR & Warham, 1992 | Auckland Is. | ||
| Amsterdam Albatross | Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl & Weimerskirch, 1983 | IO : Amsterdam Island | AS : 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); see also Rains et al 2011 for latest genetics |
| Tristan Albatross | Diomedea dabbenena Mathews, 1929 | AO : Tristan da Cuhna group | AS : Diomedea dabbenena is split from D. exulans Wandering Albatross (Burg and Croxall 2004, Brooke 2004, Onley and Scofield 2007; BLI 1.0, and others) |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825 | PO : Campbell and Auckland islands, NZ | ENG : Change English name of Diomedea epomophora to Southern Royal Albatross with split of D.sanfordi |
| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917 | PO : Chatham Is, NZ | AS : Diomedea sanfordi is split from D.epomophora (Southern) Royal Albatross)(Brooke 2004, BLI 1.0, Onley and Scofield 2007, Tennyson 2010) |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822) | IO, AO : s | |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata (Forster, JR, 1785) | SO : widespread | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) | SO : widespread | |
| Campbell Albatross | Thalassarche impavida Mathews, 1912 | PO : Campbell Is, NZ | AS : Thalassarche impavida is split from T. melanophris (Black-browed Albatross) (Brooke 2004, BLI, Tennyson 2010, and others) |
| Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841) | SO : Tasmania, Auckland Is | TAX : Thalassarche cauta includes T. steadi White-capped Albatross (Onley & Scofield 2008, Tennyson 2010, contra BLI) |
| T. c. cauta (Gould, 1841) | Tasmania | ||
| T. c. steadi Falla, 1933 | Auckland Is | ||
| Chatham Albatross | Thalassarche eremita Murphy, 1930 | PO : Chatham Is, NZ | AS : Thalassarche eremita is split from T.cauta Shy Albatross ( Tickell 2000,Brooke 2004, BLI, Tennyson 2010 and others) |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild, 1893) | IO, PO : Bounty Is, w Snares Is | AS : Thalassarche salvini is split from T.cauta Shy Albatross (Tickell 2000, Brooke 2004, BLI, Tennyson 2010, and others) |
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, JR, 1785) | SO : widespread | |
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | AO : Tristan da Cunha group | ENG : Change English name of Thalassarche chlororhynchos to Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross with split of T.carteri |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri (Rothschild, 1903) | IO : s | TAX : Thalassarche carteri is split from T. chlororhynchos Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Brooke 2004, BLI 1.0, Onley & Scofield 2007; Tennyson 2010) |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri (Rothschild, 1893) | PO : New Zealand | TAX : Thalassarche bulleri includes T.platei (BLI, Tennyson 2010) |
| T. b. bulleri (Rothschild, 1893) | Solander and Snares Is. | ||
| T. b. platei (Reichenow, 1898) | Three Kings and Chatham Is. | ||
Petrels, Shearwaters (91) |
Family Procellariidae |
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| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | SO, AN : widespread | |
| Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912 | SO : widespread | |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) | NO : widespread | |
| F. g. glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) | ne Canada, n Greenland to Franz Josef Land | ||
| F. g. auduboni Bonaparte, 1857 | se Canada, s Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia | ||
| F. g. rodgersii Cassin, 1862 | e Siberia, Alaska | ||
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith, A, 1840) | SO, AN : widespread | |
| Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | SO, AN : widespread | |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758) | SO, AN : widespread | |
| D. c. capense (Linnaeus, 1758) | subantarctic islands, Antarctic Pen. | ||
| D. c. australe Mathews, 1913 | New Zealand's subantarctic islands | ||
| Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea (Forster, G, 1777) | SO, AN : widespread | |
| P. n. nivea (Forster, G, 1777) | Scotia Arch., Antarctica | ||
| P. n. confusa Mathews, 1912 | South Sandwich Is., Antarctica | ||
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | SO : widespread | |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata (Forster, G, 1777) | SO : New Zealand, Tristan da Cunha Island | |
| Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini (Mathews, 1912) | IO : s | |
| P. s. salvini (Mathews, 1912) | Prince Edward and Crozet Is. | ||
| P. s. macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) | Amsterdam and St. Paul Is. | ||
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | SO, AN : widespread | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews, 1912) | SO : widespread | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820) | SO : widespread | |
| P. t. turtur (Kuhl, 1820) | Falkland Is, South Georgia, s Indian Ocean, Tasmania, New Zealand offshore islands, Chatham Is. | ||
| P. t. subantarctica Oliver, 1955 | Antipodes, Snares, Macquarie Is. | ||
| Fulmar Prion | Pachyptila crassirostris (Mathews, 1912) | SO : s IO, New Zealand | |
| P. c. crassirostris (Mathews, 1912) | Snares, Bounty and Chatham Is. (New Zealand) | ||
| P. c. pyramidalis Fleming, CA, 1939 | Chatham Is. (New Zealand) | ||
| P. c. flemingi Tennyson & Bartle, 2005 | Heard and Auckland Is. (New Zealand) | ||
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1831) | SO : widespread | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera (Smith, A, 1840) | SO : widespread | |
| P. m. macroptera (Smith, A, 1840) | southern islands from Tristan da Cunha to Kerguelen Is., sw Australia | ||
| P. m. gouldi (Hutton, FW, 1869) | North I. (New Zealand) | ||
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot, 1826) | SO : widespread | |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta (Schlegel, 1863) | AO : s | |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri (Gould, 1844) | PO : w, n | |
| Magenta Petrel | Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1868) | PO : s | |
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima Murphy, 1949 | PO : sc | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) | SO : IO, AO | |
| Zino's Petrel | Pterodroma madeira Mathews, 1934 | AO : ec | |
| Fea's Petrel | Pterodroma feae (Salvadori, 1900) | AO : Cape Verde Is; e Atlantic Ocean | |
| Desertas Petrel | Pterodroma deserta Mathews, 1934 | AO : Desertas Is | AS : Pterodroma desertae is split from P. feae (Robb and Mullarney 2008, Jesus et al. 2009) |
| Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow (Nichols & Mowbray, 1916) | AO : wc | ENG : Change English name of Pterodroma cahow from local vernacular Cahow to Bermuda Petrel to conform to worldwide usage |
| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl, 1820) | AO : Cuba and Hispaniola to Martinique | |
| Jamaican Petrel | Pterodroma caribbaea † Carte, 1866 |
AO : Jamaica | EXTINCT : Treated as a full species distinct from P. hasitata following Brooke, 2004 |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa (Salvin, 1875) | PO : e | |
| Vanuatu Petrel | Pterodroma occulta Imber & Tennyson, 2001 | PO : sw | |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel, 1863) | PO : widespread | |
| P. n. neglecta (Schlegel, 1863) | New Zealand to Easter I. | ||
| P. n. juana Mathews, 1936 | Juan Fernandez, San Ambrosio and San Felix Is. (Chile) | ||
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica (Salvin, 1888) | PO : sw | |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) | AO : sw | |
| Henderson Petrel | Pterodroma atrata (Mathews, 1912) | PO : se | |
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | PO : sw | |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin, 1964) | IO : sw | |
| Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis (Ridgway, 1884) | PO : c | PHY : See Welch et al 2011 re genetic differentiation between Hawaiian Petrel and Galapagos Petrel |
| Galapagos Petrel | Pterodroma phaeopygia (Salvin, 1876) | PO : c | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster, JR, 1844) | PO, IO : widespread | |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis (Salvin, 1891) | PO : w | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild, 1893) | PO : w | |
| Chatham Petrel | Pterodroma axillaris (Salvin, 1893) | PO : sw | |
| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca (Salvin, 1888) | PO : nw | |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844) | PO : sw | |
| P. l. leucoptera (Gould, 1844) | Cabbage Tree and Boondelbah Is. (Australia) | ||
| P. l. caledonica Imber & Tennyson, 1981 | New Caledonia | ||
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes (Peale, 1848) | PO : sw | |
| P. b. brevipes (Peale, 1848) | Fiji, Cook Is. | ||
| P. b. magnificens Bretagnolle & Shirihai, 2010 | Banks Is. (n Vanuatu) | ||
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii (Gray, GR, 1843) | PO : widespread | |
| De Filippi's Petrel | Pterodroma defilippiana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) | PO : e | |
| Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris (Stejneger, 1893) | PO : n, e | |
| Pycroft's Petrel | Pterodroma pycrofti Falla, 1933 | PO : sw | |
| Mascarene Petrel | Pseudobulweria aterrima (Bonaparte, 1857) | IO : w | |
| St. Helena Petrel | Pseudobulweria rupinarum † (Olson, 1975) |
AO : St. Helena I. | EXTINCT : English name per R. Roe (in litt.) |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata (Peale, 1848) | PO : sw | |
| P. r. rostrata (Peale, 1848) | Marquesas and Society Is. | ||
| P. r. trouessarti (Brasil, L, 1917) | New Caledonia | ||
| Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki (Murphy, 1928) | PO : New Ireland and the Solomons | AS : Pseudobulweria becki is split from P. rostrata (Brooke 2004) |
| Fiji Petrel | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi (Gray, GR, 1860) | PO : c | |
| Grey Petrel | Procellaria cinerea Gmelin, JF, 1789 | SO : widespread | ENG : Change English name of Procellaria cinerea to Grey Petrel to conform to worldwide usage |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 | SO : widespread | TAX : See Techow et al 2009 regarding genetic distinction of New Zealand populations P.a.steadi |
| Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata Gould, 1844 | SO : widespread | TAX : See Ryan 1998 and Techow et al 2009 for documentation on species status |
| Black Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni Gray, GR, 1862 | PO : c, sw | ENG : REVISIT: Australians greatly prefer English name of Black Petrel over Parkinson‘s Petrel for Procellaria parkinsoni; IOC accepted their position. |
| Westland Petrel | Procellaria westlandica Falla, 1946 | PO : sw | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas (Temminck, 1836) | PO : w | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) | AO : Mediterranean Islands | |
| Cory's Shearwater | C. borealis (Cory, 1881) | AO : Azores, Madeira, Canary and Berllenga islands | |
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii (Oustalet, 1883) | AO : e | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | PO, IO : widespread | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Puffinus bulleri Salvin, 1888 | PO : widespread | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | Worldwide : widespread | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1836) | PO : n, w | |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Puffinus creatopus Coues, 1864 | PO : e | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Puffinus carneipes Gould, 1844 | PO, IO : widespread | |
| Great Shearwater | Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) | AO : widespread | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis Streets, 1877 | PO : w | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) | AO : widespread | |
| Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) | AO : Mediterranean | |
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus Lowe, 1921 | AO : e | |
| Bryan's Shearwater | Puffinus bryani Pyle et al., 2011 | PO : n, Bonin Islands | NEW : Pyle et al, 2011, NACC 2011-C-4 |
| Black-vented Shearwater | Puffinus opisthomelas Coues, 1864 | PO : e | |
| Townsend's Shearwater | Puffinus auricularis Townsend, CH, 1890 | PO : ec, islands off w Mexico | |
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli Henshaw, 1900 | PO : Hawaii, Austral Is. | AS : Puffinus newelli is split from P. auricularis (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007); recognized by BLI but not by AOU. |
| P. n. newelli Henshaw, 1900 | Hawaii | ||
| P. n. myrtae Bourne, 1959 | Austral Is. | ||
| Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia (Forster, JR, 1844) | PO : sw | |
| Hutton's Shearwater | Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912 | PO : sw | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839 | AO : North Atlantic and Caribbean | |
| P. l. lherminieri Lesson, 1839 | West Indies | ||
| P. l. loyemilleri Wetmore, 1959 | islets off Panama in the sw Caribbean | ||
| Persian Shearwater | Puffinus persicus Hume, 1872 | IO : Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, n Indian Ocean, Comoros. | AS : Puffinus persicus (including temptator) is split from P. lherminieri (Austin 2004, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Onley & Scofield 2007). |
| P. p. persicus Hume, 1872 | Kuriamuria Is. (Oman) | ||
| P. p. temptator Louette & Herremans, 1985 | Comoro Is. | ||
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni Bonaparte, 1857 | IO, PO : Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, n and tropical Indian Ocean, tropical Pacific Ocean. | AS : Puffinus bailloni is split from P. lherminieri (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007). Under review by BLI. |
| P. b. nicolae Jouanin, 1971 | islands of the nw Indian Ocean | ||
| P. b. colstoni Shirihai & Christie, 1996 | Aldabra I | ||
| P. b. bailloni Bonaparte, 1857 | Mauritius, Reunion and Europa Is. | ||
| P. b. dichrous Finsch & Hartlaub, 1867 | Central Pacific Is. | ||
| P. b. gunax Mathews, 1930 | Vanuatu | ||
| Galapagos Shearwater | Puffinus subalaris Ridgway, 1897 | PO : Galápagos Islands | AS : Puffinus subalaris is split from P.lherminieri (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007, SACC 160, NACC 2011-C-3. |
| Bannerman's Shearwater | Puffinus bannermani Mathews & Iredale, 1915 | PO : c | |
| Heinroth's Shearwater | Puffinus heinrothi Reichenow, 1919 | PO : w | |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 | AO, IO, PO : Sw Pacific, se Indian Ocean and Australasia, Subantarctic New Zealand, Gough and Tristan da Cunha Is. | TAX : Puffinus assimilis including P. elegans is redefined to exclude split of P.baroli (Austin 2004) |
| P. a. elegans Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869 | Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Chatham and Antipodes Is. | ||
| P. a. tunneyi Mathews, 1912 | islands off sw Australia | ||
| P. a. assimilis Gould, 1838 | Lord Howe and Norfolk Is. | ||
| P. a. haurakiensis Fleming, CA & Serventy, 1943 | ne North I. (New Zealand) | ||
| P. a. kermadecensis Murphy, 1927 | Kermadec Is. | ||
| Barolo Shearwater | Puffinus baroli (Bonaparte, 1857) | AO : Azores, Madeira, Canary Is. | AS, ENG : Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli, is split from Little Shearwater P.assimilis by BOU (Sangster et al 2005, Onley & Scofield 2007) contra Austin (2004); change English name to Barolo Shearwater with split of Boyd‘s Shearwater (IOC 2.8) |
| Boyd's Shearwater | Puffinus boydi Mathews, 1912 | AO : Cape Verde Is. | AS : Boyd‘s Shearwater is split from Macaronesian Shearwater (Robb and Mullarney 2008, BOU, Olson 2010) |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828) | TrO, TO : widespread | |
| Olson's Petrel | Bulweria bifax † Olson, 1975 | AO : St. Helena I. | EXTINCT : English name per R. Roe (in litt.) |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax Jouanin, 1955 | IO : nw | |
Storm Petrels (24) |
Family Hydrobatidae |
TAX, PHY : The subfamilies Hydrobatinae and Oceanitinae may not be sister taxa and could be treated as separate families (Nunn & Stanley 1998; Penhallurick & Wink 2004, Hackett et al. 2008) | |
| Wilson's Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820) | TO, SO : widespread | |
| O. o. oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820) | subantarctic islands | ||
| O. o. exasperatus Mathews, 1912 | Antarctica, South Shetland and South Sandwich Is. | ||
| O. o. chilensis Murphy, 1936 | Tierra del Fuego. Nonbreeding: n to Chile & Peru |
Formerly synonymized with the nominate, now increasingly recognized as a valid taxon (Jaramillo 2009, Palma et al 2012) |
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| Elliot's Storm Petrel | Oceanites gracilis (Elliot, 1859) | PO : e | ENG : 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 |
| O. g. gracilis (Elliot, 1859) | w Pacific from Ecuador to Chile | ||
| O. g. galapagoensis Lowe, 1921 | Galapagos Is. | ||
| Grey-backed Storm Petrel | Garrodia nereis (Gould, 1841) | SO : widespread | |
| White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790) | TrO, TO : widespread | |
| P. m. hypoleuca (Webb, Berthelot & Moquin-Tandon, 1842) | Madeira and Canary Is. | ||
| P. m. eadesi Bourne, 1953 | Cape Verde Is. | ||
| P. m. marina (Latham, 1790) | Tristan da Cunha amd Gough Is. | ||
| P. m. dulciae Mathews, 1912 | islands off of s Australia | ||
| P. m. maoriana Mathews, 1912 | Stewart, Auckland, Chatham and other islands of New Zealand | ||
| P. m. albiclunis Murphy & Irving, 1951 | Kermadec Is. | ||
| White-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta grallaria (Vieillot, 1818) | SO : widespread | |
| F. g. grallaria (Vieillot, 1818) | Admiralty, Lord Howe and Kermadec Is. | ||
| F. g. leucogaster (Gould, 1844) | Tristan da Cunha, Gough, St. Paul and Amsterdam Is. | ||
| F. g. segethi (Philippi & Landbeck, 1860) | Juan Fernandez Is. (Chile) | ||
| F. g. titan Murphy, 1928 | Rapa I. (Austral Is. in French Polynesia) | ||
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica (Gould, 1844) | SO : widespread | |
| F. t. tropica (Gould, 1844) | circumpolar subantarctic islands | ||
| F. t. melanoleuca Salvadori, 1908 | Tristan da Cunha and Gough Is. | ||
| New Zealand Storm Petrel | Fregetta maoriana (Mathews, 1932) | PO : sw | PHY, TAX : Move New Zealand Storm Petrel from Oceanites to Fregetta following Black-bellied Storm Petrel (Robertson et al 2011) |
| Polynesian Storm Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | PO : c | |
| European Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AO : ne | |
| H. p. pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | e North Atlantic | ||
| H. p. melitensis (Schembri, 1843) | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Least Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma microsoma (Coues, 1864) | PO : ne | |
| Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma tethys (Bonaparte, 1852) | PO : e | |
| O. t. tethys (Bonaparte, 1852) | Galapagos Is. | ||
| O. t. kelsalli (Lowe, 1925) | coast of Peru | ||
| Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt, 1851) | PO, AO : c | TAX : 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 ) |
| Monteiro's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma monteiroi Bolton et al, 2008 | AO : Azores | NEW : Monteiro‘s Storm Petrel is a newly described cryptic species of "Band-rumped" Storm Petrel (Bolton et al 2008, Sangster et al 2012); |
| Cape Verde Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage, 1874) | AO : Cape Verde Is | NEW : Cape Verde Storm Petrel is a newly described cryptic species of “Band-rumped“ Storm Petrel (Bolton 2007, Sangster et al 2012) |
| Swinhoe's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe, 1867) | IO, PO : n IO, w PO | |
| Leach's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818) | PO, AO : n, c | |
| O. l. leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818) | coasts of the N Pacific and the N Atlantic | ||
| O. l. chapmani Berlepsch, 1906 | Coronados and San Benito Is. (w Mexico) | ||
| O. l. cheimomnestes Ainley, 1980 | winter breeder on Guadalupe I. (w Mexico) | ||
| O. l. socorroensis Townsend, CH, 1890 | summer breeder on Guadalupe I. (w Mexico) | ||
| Markham's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma markhami (Salvin, 1883) | PO : e | |
| Tristram's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma tristrami Salvin, 1896 | PO : nw | |
| Black Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma melania (Bonaparte, 1854) | PO : e | |
| Guadalupe Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma macrodactyla † Bryant, WE, 1887 |
MA : Guadalupe I., Mexico | EXTINCT : |
| Matsudaira's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma matsudairae Kuroda, 1922 | IO, PO : c IO, w PO | |
| Ashy Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma homochroa (Coues, 1864) | PO : ne | |
| Hornby's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma hornbyi (Gray, GR, 1854) | PO : se | |
| Fork-tailed Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | PO : n | PHY : Fork-tailed Storm Petrel may belong with Hydrobates not Oceanodroma (Penhallurick & Wink 2004); AOU retains in Oceanodroma |
| O. f. furcata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | n Kuril, Komandorskiye and Aleutian Is. | ||
| O. f. plumbea (Peale, 1848) | Alaska to n California | ||
Diving Petrels (4) |
Family Pelecanoididae |
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| Peruvian Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides garnotii (Lesson, 1828) | SA : w coast | |
| Magellanic Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides magellani (Mathews, 1912) | SA : s coasts | |
| South Georgia Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides georgicus Murphy & Harper, 1916 | SO : widespread | |
| Common Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | SO : widespread | |
| P. u. dacunhae Nicoll, 1906 | Tristan da Cunha and Gough Is. | ||
| P. u. berard (Gaimard, 1823) | Falkland Is. | ||
| P. u. urinatrix (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | Tasmania, se Australia, n New Zealand | ||
| P. u. chathamensis Murphy & Harper, 1916 | Chatham, Snares and Stewart Is (New Zealand) | ||
| P. u. exsul Salvin, 1896 | South Georgia I. east to Antipodes and Auckland Is. | ||
| P. u. coppingeri Mathews, 1912 | s Chile |