Shearwaters and Petrels
Procellariidae
The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes (or tubenoses), which also includes the albatrosses, the storm petrels, and the diving petrels.
16 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 98 known species
Southern Shearwaters
genusArdenna
Fulmars
genusFulmarus
Small Shearwaters
genusPuffinus
Large Shearwaters
genusCalonectris
Giant Petrels
genusMacronectes
Gadfly Petrels
genusPterodroma
Prions
genusPachyptila
Procellaria Petrels
genusProcellaria
Daption
genusDaption
Diving Petrels
genusPelecanoides
Bulwer's and Jouanin's Petrels
genusBulweria
Pagodroma
genusPagodroma
Halobaena
genusHalobaena
Thalassoica
genusThalassoica
Tropical Petrels
genusPseudobulweria
Aphrodroma
genusAphrodroma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4020.