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This is a list of birds that belong to the
shearwater group, of the
family
Procellariidae and the
order
Procellariiformes .
This is a still evolving taxonomic class that may or may not include the
genera
Procellaria and
Bulweria . This list includes them both.
Some experts, most notably
James Clements , have not yet to recognize the genus
Pseudobulweria .
Puffinus creatopus ,
pink-footed shearwater breeds on
Mocha Island ,
Juan Fernández Islands ; ranges to
North Pacific
Puffinus carneipes ,
flesh-footed shearwater southern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific Ocean; winters to
Arabian Sea and northwestern Pacific Ocean
Puffinus gravis ,
great shearwater breeds on islands in the
South Atlantic Ocean ; ranges in the
North Atlantic Ocean to the
Arctic Circle
Puffinus pacificus ,
wedge-tailed shearwater ranges through tropical Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
Puffinus bulleri ,
Buller's shearwater breeds on islands off the coast of New Zealand; ranges across the Pacific Ocean
Puffinus griseus ,
sooty shearwater breeds on southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and southern South America; winters in
North Pacific and
North Atlantic
Puffinus tenuirostris ,
short-tailed shearwater or Mutton bird breeds in
Tasmania and southern Australia; winters in
North Pacific
Puffinus nativatis ,
Christmas shearwater ranges through
tropical Central Pacific Ocean
Puffinus subalaris ,
Galapagos shearwater breeds on the
Galapagos Islands
Puffinus puffinus ,
Manx shearwater breeds in the
North Atlantic ; ranges to
Argentinian and South African water
Puffinus yelkouan ,
Yelkouan shearwater breeds on central and eastern
Mediterranean islands
Puffinus mauretanicus ,
Balearic shearwater breeds on
Balearic Islands ; ranges to coastal northern Europe
Puffinus huttoni ,
Hutton's shearwater breeds on northeastern
South Island , New Zealand; ranges to Australia
Puffinus auricularus ,
Townsend's shearwater breeds
Kauai and
Revillagigedo Islands ; ranges to 8°N
Puffinus auricularus auricularus , Townsend's , breeds
Revillagigedo Islands ; ranges to 8°N
Puffinus auricularus newelli breeds
Kauai
Puffinus opisthomelas ,
black-vented shearwater breeds on islands off the west coast of
Baja California ; ranges in adjacent Mexican waters
Puffinus gavia ,
fluttering shearwater breeds on the islands off the coast of New Zealand; ranges to Australia and
Vanuatua
Puffinus assimilis ,
little shearwater breeds on
Azore Islands ,
Canary Island ,
Cape Verde Islands ,
Tristan da Cunha , and many other small islands in
Oceania
Puffinus lherminieri ,
Audubon's shearwater
Puffinus heinrothi ,
Heinroth's shearwater breeds on
New Britain and
Solomon Islands
Puffinus atrodorsalis ,
Mascarene shearwater ranges to southwestern Indian Ocean
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi ,
Fiji petrel breeds on
Gau Island ,
Fiji
Pseudobulweria rostrata ,
Tahiti petrel , breeds on
Society Islands ,
Marquesas Islands ,
New Caledonia , and
Rendova Island
Pseudobulweria becki ,
Beck's petrel breeds on
Rendova Island
Pseudobulweria aterrima ,
Mascarene petrel breeds on
Réunion ; ranges to Indian Ocean
Pseudobulweria rupinarum ,
large Saint Helena petrel (
extinct )