List of birds of North America (Procellariiformes)
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Diomedeidae
The albatrosses are amongst the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.
- Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris (A)
- Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes
- Gray-headed albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma (A)
- Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis
- Light-mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata (A)
- Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus
- Shy albatross, Thalassarche cauta (A)
- Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (A)
- Waved albatross, Phoebastria irrorata (A)
- Yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (C)
Shearwaters and petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.
- Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri
- Black-vented shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas
- Buller's shearwater, Puffinus bulleri
- Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis (A)
- Flesh-footed shearwater, Puffinus carneipes
- Galapagos shearwater, Puffinus subalaris (A)
- Great shearwater, Puffinus gravis
- Barolo shearwater, Puffinus baroli (A) (P. assimilis: )
- Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus
- Pink-footed shearwater, Puffinus creatopus
- Short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris
- Sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus
- Townsend's shearwater, Puffinus auricularis (A) (Newell's shearwater P. (a.) newelli: )
- Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani (P. assimilis: )
- Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus (C)
- Bermuda petrel, Pterodroma cahow
- Cook's petrel, Pterodroma cookii
- Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata
- "Dark-rumped" petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia/sandwichensis complex (C) /
- Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae
- Galapagos petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia (A) (ssp. sandwichensis: )
- Great-winged petrel, Pterodroma macroptera (A)
- Trindade petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
- Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa (A)
- Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta (A)
- Mottled petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata
- Murphy's petrel, Pterodroma ultima
- Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris (C)
- Tahiti petrel, Pterodroma rostrata (A)
- Providence petrel, Pterodroma solandri (A)
- Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A)
- Cape Verde shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A)
- Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
- Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas (C)
- Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis
- Parkinson's petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni (A)
- White-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis (A)
Storm petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Hydrobatidae
The storm petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.
- Ashy storm petrel, Oceanodroma homochroa
- Band-rumped storm petrel, Oceanodroma castro
- Black-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta tropica (A)
- Black storm petrel, Oceanodroma melania
- European storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (A)
- Fork-tailed storm petrel, Oceanodroma furcata
- Guadalupe storm petrel, Oceanodroma macrodactyla (E)
- Leach's storm petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa
- Least storm petrel, Oceanodroma microsoma
- Markham's storm petrel, Oceanodroma markhami (A)
- Ringed storm petrel, Oceanodroma hornbyi (A)
- Swinhoe's storm petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis (A)
- Tristram's storm petrel, Oceanodroma tristrami (A)
- Wedge-rumped storm petrel, Oceanodroma tethys (C)
- White-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina (A)
- White-vented storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis (A)
- Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus