List of North American birds (Procellariiformes)

Order: Procellariiformes. Family: 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: Procellariiformes. Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary.

  • Audubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri
  • Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow
  • Black-capped Petrel, Pterodroma hasitata
  • Black-vented Shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas
  • Buller's Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri
  • Bulwer's Petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A)
  • Cape Verde Shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A)
  • Christmas Shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis (A)
  • Cook's Petrel, Pterodroma cookii
  • Cory's Shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
  • "Dark-rumped" Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia/sandwichensis complex (C)
  • Fea's/Zino's Petrel Pterodroma feae/madeira complex
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes
  • Northern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis
  • Galapagos Petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia (A) (ssp. sandwichensis: )
  • Galapagos Shearwater, Puffinus subalaris (A)
  • Great-winged Petrel, Pterodroma macroptera (A)
  • Great Shearwater, Puffinus gravis
  • Herald Petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
  • Juan Fernandez Petrel, Pterodroma externa (A)
  • Kermadec Petrel, Pterodroma neglecta (A)
  • Little Shearwater, Puffinus assimilis (A)
  • Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus
  • Mottled Petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata
  • Murphy's Petrel, Pterodroma ultima
  • Parkinson's Petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni (A)
  • Pink-footed Shearwater, Puffinus creatopus
  • Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris
  • Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus
  • Stejneger's Petrel, Pterodroma longirostris (C)
  • Streaked Shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas (C)
  • Tahiti Petrel, Pterodroma rostrata (A)
  • Townsend's Shearwater, Puffinus auricularis (A) (Newell's Shearwater P. (a.) newelli: )
  • Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus (C)
  • White-chinned Petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis (A)

Storm petrels

Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Hydrobatidae

The storm petrels are the smallest of 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