List of birds of North America (Procellariiformes)
Main article: List of birds of North America
Albatrosses
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) NT
- Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes NT
- Gray-headed albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma (A) EN
- Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis NT
- Light-mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata (A) NT
- Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus VU E
- Salvin's albatross, Thalassarche salvini (A) VU
- Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (A) VU
- Waved albatross, Phoebastria irrorata (A) CR
- Yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (C) EN
Shearwaters and petrels
Audubon's shearwater chick, this species breeds on Tiger Cays off the Caribbean coast.
Order: Procellariiformes Family: 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 LC
- Black-vented shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas NT
- Buller's shearwater, Puffinus bulleri VU
- Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis (A) LC
- Flesh-footed shearwater, Puffinus carneipes LC
- Galapagos shearwater, Puffinus subalaris (A)
- Great shearwater, Puffinus gravis LC
- Barolo shearwater, Puffinus baroli (A) (NR) (P. assimilis: LC)
- Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus LC
- Pink-footed shearwater, Puffinus creatopus VU
- Short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris LC
- Sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus NT
- Townsend's shearwater, Puffinus auricularis (A) CR (Newell's shearwater P. (a.) newelli: T)
- Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani (NR) (P. assimilis: LC)
- Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus (C) LC
- Bermuda petrel, Pterodroma cahow EN E
- Cook's petrel, Pterodroma cookii VU
- Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata EN
- "Dark-rumped" petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia/sandwichensis complex (C) CR / VU
- Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae NT
- Galapagos petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia (A) CR T (ssp. sandwichensis: E)
- Great-winged petrel, Pterodroma macroptera (A) LC
- Trindade petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana VU
- Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa (A) VU
- Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta (A) LC
- Mottled petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata NT
- Murphy's petrel, Pterodroma ultima NT
- Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris (C) VU
- Tahiti petrel, Pterodroma rostrata (A) NT
- Providence petrel, Pterodroma solandri (A) VU
- Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A) LC
- Cape Verde shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A) NT
- Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea LC
- Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas (C) LC
- Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis LC
- Parkinson's petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni (A) VU
- White-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis (A) VU
Storm petrels
Wilson's storm petrel
Order: Procellariiformes Family: 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 EN
- Band-rumped storm petrel, Oceanodroma castro LC
- Black-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta tropica (A) LC
- Black storm petrel, Oceanodroma melania LC
- European storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (A) LC
- Fork-tailed storm petrel, Oceanodroma furcata LC
- Guadalupe storm petrel, Oceanodroma macrodactyla (E) CR
- Leach's storm petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa LC
- Townsend's storm petrel, Oceanodroma socorroensis
- Ainley's storm petrel, Oceanodroma cheimomnestes
- Least storm petrel, Oceanodroma microsoma LC
- Markham's storm petrel, Oceanodroma markhami (A) DD
- Ringed storm petrel, Oceanodroma hornbyi (A) DD
- Swinhoe's storm petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis (A) NT
- Tristram's storm petrel, Oceanodroma tristrami (A) NT
- Wedge-rumped storm petrel, Oceanodroma tethys (C) LC
- White-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina (A) LC
- White-vented storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis (A) DD
- Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus LC
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