Birds of the World

○ ← PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels) →

Genus: Pterodroma (34 species)

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Phoenix Petrel (Pterodroma alba) Vulnerable Range: PO: Phoenix (Kiribati, c Polynesia), Line, Marquesas, Pitcairn and Easter is. (=Eastern Is. group; se Polynesia)

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Trindade Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana) Vulnerable Range: AO, IO: Trindade and Martim Vaz Is. (e of c Brazil, tropical sw Atlantic Ocean) and Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean)

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Henderson Petrel (Pterodroma atrata) Endangered Range: PO: Henderson (c Pitcairn group) and Moto Nui, Eastern Is. (=Eastern Is.; se Polynesia)

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Chatham Islands Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris) Vulnerable Range: PO: South East I. (=Rangatira, Chatham Is., e of South I., New Zealand)

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Barau's Petrel (Pterodroma baraui) Endangered Range: IO: montane Réunion (w Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean)

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Collared Petrel (Pterodroma brevipes) Vulnerable Range: PO: Vanuatu to Austral Is. (se Polynesia)

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Bermuda Petrel (Pterodroma cahow) Endangered Range: AO: rocky islets in Castle Harbour (se Bermuda, wc North Atlantic)


White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis) Vulnerable Range: PO: Phillip I. (s of Norfolk Is., far e of Australia) and Macauley I. (Kermadec Is., ne of North I., New Zealand) East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
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Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) Vulnerable Range: PO: Great and Little Barrier is. (off ne North I.) and Codfish I. (=Whenua Hou, nw of Stewart I.; New Zealand) California,
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Masatierra Petrel (Pterodroma defilippiana) Vulnerable Range: PO: San Ambrosio and San Felix (Desventuradas Is., far w of nc Chile) and Santa Clara (sw of Robinson Crusoe=Mas a Tierra, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) Valparaiso, Chile
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Split from Cook's Petrel, and virtually identical. Note 'M' on back of wings of both species. Was called De Filippi's Petrel.

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Desertas Petrel (Pterodroma deserta) Vulnerable Range: AO: summer breeder on Bugio (Desertas Is., se of Madeira, c Macaronesia, w of n Africa)

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Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma externa) Vulnerable Range: PO: montane Alejandro Selkirk (=Mas Afuera, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile)

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Fea's Petrel (Pterodroma feae) Near Threatened Range: AO: winter breeder in montane Santo Antao, Sao Nicolau, Fogo and Santiago (Cape Verde Is., s Macaronesia, w of n Africa)


Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) Range: SO: islets off n North I. (New Zealand) Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
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Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) Endangered Range: AO: montane Hispaniola (""Black-faced"") and Dominica (""White-faced""), perhaps also se Cuba and ne Jamaica; extinct as a breeder Guadeloupe North Carolina,
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Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) Endangered Range: AO: montane Hispaniola (""Black-faced"") and Dominica (""White-faced""), perhaps also se Cuba and ne Jamaica; extinct as a breeder Guadeloupe North Carolina,
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Herald Petrel (Pterodroma heraldica) Range: IO, PO: Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Raine I. (few; ne Australia), Chesterfield Reefs (New Caledonia), Tonga and Samoa (c Polynesia) to s Cook, Austral, Marquesas, Tuamotu and Pitcairn groups and Rapa Nui (Easter=Eastern Is. group, s

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Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) Range: PO: Ogasawara Is. (=Bonin) and Iwo Is. (=Volcano; se of Japan) and Kure Atoll to French Frigate Shoals (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.)


Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta) Endangered Range: AO: Gough and (at least formerly) Tristan da Cunha (Tristan da Cunha group, sc Atlantic Ocean)
Photograph by Graham Ekins © All Rights Reserved.

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Mottled Petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata) Near Threatened Range: PO, IO: islets off Fiordland and in Lake Hauroko (sw South I.), in Foveaux Strait and around Stewart is., and Snares Is. (s of South I.; New Zealand)


White-headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessonii) Range: SO: subantarctic islands of South Indian and South Pacific oceans, from Crozet (sw Indian Ocean) to Antipodes (se of Stewart I.) and Auckland is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia
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Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) Vulnerable Range: PO: Cabbage Tree, Boondelbah, Broughton and Little Broughton, and Montague is. (just off se Australia) and montane Grande Terre (New Caledonia) Tasmania, Australia
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Stejneger's Petrel (Pterodroma longirostris) Vulnerable Range: PO: Alejandro Selkirk (=Mas Afuera, Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile)


Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) Range: SO: subtropical to temperate is. from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean) to Kerguelen Is. (se Indian Ocean) and islets off sw Australia Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
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Zino's Petrel (Pterodroma madeira) Endangered Range: AO: summer breeder in montane c Madeira (c Macaronesia, w of n Africa)

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Magenta Petrel (Pterodroma magentae) Critically Endangered Range: PO: Chatham Is. (e of South I., New Zealand)


Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis) Range: SO: subtropical to subantarctic islands of South Indian and South Atlantic oceans, from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (sc Atlantic) to Maatsuyker I. (s of Tasmania), Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Antipodes (se of Stewart I., New Zealand) Tasmania, Australia Light morph.
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Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis) Dark morph. Range: SO: subtropical to subantarctic islands of South Indian and South Atlantic oceans, from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (sc Atlantic) to Maatsuyker I. (s of Tasmania), Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Antipodes (se of Stewart I., New Zealand) Tasmania, Australia Dark morph.
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Kermadec Petrel (Pterodroma neglecta) Range: PO: subtropical Pacific Ocean: Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Kermadec Is. (ne of North I., New Zealand), Pitcairn to Easter (=Eastern groups; e Polynesia) and Juan Fernandez, San Amb

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Black-winged Petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) Range: PO: Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Grande Terre (New Caledonia), n, e North I. and Kermadec Is. (ne of North I.) and Chatham Is. (e of South I.; New Zealand), Tonga and Cook Is. (c Po

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Vanuatu Petrel (Pterodroma occulta) Range: PO: Vanua Lava (Banks Is., n Vanuatu)


Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) Critically Endangered Range: PO: montane Isabela, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Floreana and San Cristobal (Galápagos) Galapagos, Ecuador
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Dark-rumped Petrel of Hawaii. It breeds only in the highlands on four of the Galapagos Islands (Athanas).

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Pycroft's Petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti) Vulnerable Range: PO: islets off ne North I. (New Zealand)

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Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) Endangered Range: PO: montane Kaua'i, Moloka'i (formerly), Lana'i, Maui and Hawaii (main Hawaiian Is.)

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Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri) Range: PO: Lord Howe I. and (few) Phillip I. (Norfolk group; e of Australia)

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Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) Range: PO: s Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral, Pitcairn, Easter is. (=Eastern Is.) and Salas y Gomez (se Polynesia)

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