Alaska Storyteller Photography

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Procellariidae

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

• Northern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis - RF Stock-DT
• Mottled Petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata
• Cook's Petrel, Pterodroma cookii (A)
• Pink-footed Shearwater, Puffinus creatopus
• Great Shearwater, Puffinus gravis (A)
• Buller's Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri
• Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus
• Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris
• Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus