Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Aphrodroma brevirostris	Kerguelen petrel	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	36 TL	1831
Ardenna creatopus	Pink-footed shearwater	Pacific Ocean and Southwe	48 TL	1864
Bulweria bulwerii	Bulwer's petrel	Indo-West Pacific and Atl	27 TL	1828
Bulweria fallax	Jouanin's petrel	Indo-West Pacific Ocean.	32 TL	1955
Calonectris borealis	Scopoli's shearwater	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1881
Calonectris diomedea	Cory's shearwater	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	53 TL	1769
Calonectris edwardsii	Cape Verde shearwater	Atlantic Ocean.		1883
Calonectris leucomelas	Streaked shearwater	Indo-West Pacific and Sou	48 TL	1836
Daption capense	Cape petrel	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	40 TL	1758
Fulmarus glacialis	Northern fulmar	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	51 TL	1761
Fulmarus glacialoides	Southern fulmar	Indo-Pacific, Southern At	50 TL	1840
Halobaena caerulea	Blue petrel	Southern Pacific, Atlanti	30 TL	1789
Macronectes giganteus	Southern giant petrel	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an	99 TL	1789
Macronectes halli	Northern giant petrel	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	94 TL	1912
Pachyptila belcheri	Thin-billed prion	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	26 TL	1912
Pachyptila crassirostris	Fulmar prion	Southwest Pacific	28 TL	1912
Pachyptila desolata	Antarctic prion	Indo-Pacific, Southern At	27 TL	1789
Pachyptila macgillivrayi	MacGillivray's prion	Indian Ocean and the Anta		1912
Pachyptila salvini	Salvin's prion	Indo-Pacific and the Anta	28 TL	1912
Pachyptila turtur	Fairy prion	Indo- Pacific, Southern A	28 TL	1820
Pachyptila vittata	Broad-billed prion	Indo-Pacific, Southern At	30 TL	1777
Pagodroma confusa	Greater snow-petrel	Antarctic.		1912
Pagodroma nivea	Snow petrel	Southern Ocean and the An	35 TL	1777
Procellaria aequinoctialis	White-chinned petrel	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	58 TL	1758
Procellaria cinerea	Grey petrel	Indo-Pacific, Southern At	50 TL	1789
Procellaria conspicillata	Spectacled petrel	Southern Atlantic and Wes		1844
Procellaria parkinsoni	Parkinson's petrel	Pacific Ocean. Tropical	46 TL	1862
Procellaria westlandica	Westland petrel	Southwest Pacific	51 TL	1946
Pseudobulweria aterrima	Mascarene petrel	Indian Ocean.	36 TL	1856
Pseudobulweria becki	Beck's petrel	Western Pacific	29 TL	1928
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi	Fiji petrel	Western Central Pacific	30 TL	1860
Pseudobulweria rostrata	Tahiti petrel	Indo-Pacific and Western	39 TL	1848
Pterodroma alba	Phoenix petrel	Indo-Pacific. Tropical a	35 TL	1789
Pterodroma arminjoniana	Trindade petrel	Indo-Pacific and Western	39 TL	1869
Pterodroma atrata	Henderson petrel	Pacific Ocean		1912
Pterodroma axillaris	Chatham Island petrel	Southwest Pacific	30 TL	1893
Pterodroma baraui	Barau's petrel	Indo-West Pacific.	38 TL	1964
Pterodroma brevipes	Collared petrel	Pacific Ocean.	30 TL	1848
Pterodroma cahow	Bermuda petrel	Northern Atlantic and the	38 TL	1916
Pterodroma caribbaea	Jamaica petrel	Western Central Atlantic.		1866
Pterodroma cervicalis	White-necked petrel	Indo-Pacific.	43 TL	1891
Pterodroma cookii	Cook's petrel	Indo-Pacific and Western	26 TL	1843
Pterodroma defilippiana	De filippi's petrel	Eastern Pacific	26 TL	1869
Pterodroma deserta		Eastern Central Atlantic		1934
Pterodroma externa	Juan fernandez petrel	Indo-Pacific and Southeas	43 TL	1875
Pterodroma feae	Cape Verde petrel	Atlantic Ocean and Wester	35 TL	1899
Pterodroma hasitata	Black-capped petrel	Atlantic Ocean and Easter	46 TL	1820
Pterodroma heraldica	Herald petrel	Indo-Pacific and Western		1888
Pterodroma hypoleuca	Bonin petrel	Pacific Ocean.	30 TL	1888
Pterodroma incerta	Atlantic petrel	Southern Atlantic and Wes	43 TL	1863
Pterodroma inexpectata	Mottled petrel	Indo-Pacific, Northwest A	35 TL	1844
Pterodroma lessonii	White-headed petrel	Indo-Pacific, Southern At	46 TL	1826
Pterodroma leucoptera	Gould's petrel	Indo-West Pacific.	30 TL	1844
Pterodroma longirostris	Stejneger's petrel	Pacific Ocean.	26 TL	1893
Pterodroma macroptera	Great-winged petrel	Indo-West Pacific, Southe	41 TL	1840
Pterodroma madeira	Madeira petrel	Atlantic Ocean.	33 TL	1934
Pterodroma magentae	Magenta petrel	Endemic in New Zealand.	38 TL	1868
Pterodroma mollis	Soft-plumaged petrel	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	37 TL	1844
Pterodroma neglecta	Kermadec petrel	Indo-Pacific and Southeas	38 TL	1863
Pterodroma nigripennis	Black-winged petrel	Indo-Pacific.	30 TL	1893
Pterodroma occulta	Vanuatu petrel	Pacific Ocean		2001
Pterodroma phaeopygia	Galapagos petrel	Pacific Ocean and Western	43 TL	1876
Pterodroma pycrofti	Pycroft's petrel	Southwest Pacific	26 TL	1933
Pterodroma sandwichensis	Hawaiian dark-rumped petrel	Indo-Pacific.	43 TL	1884
Pterodroma solandri	Providence petrel	Indo-West Pacific.	40 TL	1844
Pterodroma ultima	Murphy's petrel	Eastern Pacific.	41 TL	1949
Puffinus assimilis	Little shearwater	Indo-West Pacific.	30 TL	1838
Puffinus auricularis	Townsend's shearwater	Pacific Ocean and Western	35 TL	1890
Puffinus baroli	Macaronesian shearwater	Eastern Atlantic and the		1857
Puffinus boydi	Cape Verde little shearwater	Eastern Central Atlantic		1912
Puffinus bulleri	Buller's shearwater	Indo-Pacific and Western	46 TL	1888
Puffinus carneipes	Flesh-footed shearwater	Indo-Pacific. Tropical t	45 TL	1844
Puffinus gavia	Fluttering shearwater	Pacific Ocean.	36 TL	1844
Puffinus gravis	Greater shearwater	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	53 TL	1818
Puffinus griseus	Sooty shearwater	Circumglobal.	46 TL	1789
Puffinus heinrothi	Heinroth's shearwater	Western Central Pacific	27 TL	1919
Puffinus huttoni	Hutton's shearwater	Southwest Pacific	38 TL	1912
Puffinus lherminieri	Audubon's shearwater	Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P	30 TL	1839
Puffinus mauretanicus	Balearic shearwater	Eastern Atlantic and the	40 TL	1921
Puffinus nativitatis	Christmas shearwater	Pacific Ocean and Western	38 TL	1877
Puffinus newelli	Newell's shearwater	Pacific Ocean.	35 TL	1900
Puffinus opisthomelas	Black-vented shearwater	Eastern Pacific and Weste	38 TL	1864
Puffinus pacificus	Wedge-tailed shearwater	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	46 TL	1789
Puffinus persicus	Persian shearwater	Western Indian Ocean		1872
Puffinus puffinus	Manx shearwater	Antarctic, Atlantic and t	38 TL	1764
Puffinus tenuirostris	Short-tailed shearwater	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	43 TL	1836
Puffinus yelkouan	Levantine shearwater	Europe - inland waters; M	37 TL	1827
Thalassoica antarctica	Antarctic petrel	Endemic to Antarctica. Fo	46 TL	1789

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Family: Procellariidae (See list of species below)

Family: Procellariidae

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