Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels | Bird Family Guide

95 species

Every species in this family

The same 95 birds as a plain list, if you already know the name you want.

Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta
Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani
Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui
Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow
Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca
Boyd's Shearwater Puffinus boydi
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
Bryan's Shearwater Puffinus bryani
Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae
Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii
Chatham Islands Petrel Pterodroma axillaris
Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis
Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes
Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
Desertas Petrel Pterodroma deserta
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi
Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris
Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia
Galapagos Shearwater Puffinus subalaris
Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera
Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea
Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis
Heinroth's Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi
Henderson Petrel Pterodroma atrata
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax
Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris
Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
MacGillivray's Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi
Magellanic Diving Petrel Pelecanoides magellani
Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Masatierra Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana
Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima
Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima
Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus
Peruvian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii
Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba
Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
Pintado Petrel Daption capense
Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti
Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae
Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini
Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
South Georgia Diving Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata
Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata
Townsend's Shearwater Puffinus auricularis
Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana
Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira