A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Procellariidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris (R. P. Lesson, 1831) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallax Jouanin, 1955 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii (Oustalet, 1883) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pintado PetrelDaption capense (Linnaeus, 1758) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli Mathews, 1912 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| MacGillivray's PrionPachyptila macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Salvin's PrionPachyptila salvini (Mathews, 1912) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snow PetrelPagodroma nivea (G. Forster, 1777) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian Diving PetrelPelecanoides garnotii (R. P. Lesson & Garnot, 1828) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South Georgia Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus Murphy & Harper, 1916 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey PetrelProcellaria cinerea J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata Gould, 1844 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni G. R. Gray, 1862 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Westland PetrelProcellaria westlandica Falla, 1946 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mascarene PetrelPseudobulweria aterrima (Bonaparte, 1857) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beck's PetrelPseudobulweria becki (Murphy, 1928) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata (Peale, 1849) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Phoenix PetrelPterodroma alba (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Henderson PetrelPterodroma atrata (Mathews, 1912) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chatham Islands PetrelPterodroma axillaris (Salvin, 1893) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui (Jouanin, 1964) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes (Peale, 1849) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bermuda PetrelPterodroma cahow (Nichols & Mowbray, 1916) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jamaican PetrelPterodroma caribbaea Carte, 1866 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis (Salvin, 1891) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii (G. R. Gray, 1843) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Masatierra PetrelPterodroma defilippiana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desertas PetrelPterodroma deserta Mathews, 1934 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externa (Salvin, 1875) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fea's PetrelPterodroma feae (Salvadori, 1900) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-faced PetrelPterodroma gouldi (F. W. Hutton, 1869) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata (Kuhl, 1820) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Herald PetrelPterodroma heraldica (Salvin, 1888) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bonin PetrelPterodroma hypoleuca (Salvin, 1888) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta (Schlegel, 1863) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata (J. R. Forster, 1844) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii (Garnot, 1826) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stejneger's PetrelPterodroma longirostris (Stejneger, 1893) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera (A. Smith, 1840) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zino's PetrelPterodroma madeira Mathews, 1934 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.