Common name
|
Binomial name
|
Population
|
Status
|
Trend
|
Notes
|
Image
|
Fiji petrel |
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi |
50[1] |
CR[1] |
[1] |
Maximum estimate.[1] |
|
Guadalupe storm petrel |
Oceanodroma macrodactyla |
50[2] |
CR[2] |
Unknown[2] |
Maximum estimate; possibly extinct.[2] |
|
Jamaican petrel |
Pterodroma caribbaea |
50[3] |
CR[3] |
Unknown[3] |
Maximum estimate; possibly extinct, but difficult to confirm due to its (former?) nocturnal nature.[3] |
|
New Zealand storm petrel |
Oceanites maorianus |
50[4] |
CR[4] |
Unknown[4] |
Maximum estimate.[4] |
|
Beck's petrel |
Pseudobulweria becki |
70 – 400[5] |
CR[5] |
[5] |
"Rediscovered" in 2007.[5] |
|
Zino's petrel |
Pterodroma madeira |
130 – 160[6] |
EN[6] |
[6] |
|
|
Whenua Hou diving petrel
|
Pelecanoides georgicus whenuahouensis
|
~150[7]
|
CR[5]
|
[8]
|
Threatened due to introduced rats and rising sea levels
|
|
Magenta petrel |
Pterodroma magentae |
150 – 200[8] |
CR[8] |
[8] |
|
|
Amsterdam albatross |
Diomedea amsterdamensis |
170[9] |
CR[9] |
[9] |
Only ~26 pairs breeding annually on the upper plateau of Île Amsterdam. Population was presumably higher before introduced cattle degraded lower elevation breeding sites.[9] |
|
Bermuda petrel |
Pterodroma cahow |
250[10] |
EN[10] |
[10] |
|
|
Heinroth's shearwater |
Puffinus heinrothi |
350 – 1500[11] |
VU[11] |
[11] |
|
|
Monteiro's storm petrel |
Oceanodroma monteiroi |
350 – 1500[12] |
NT[12] |
[12] |
|
|
Townsend's shearwater |
Puffinus auricularis |
350 – 1500[13] |
CR[13] |
[13] |
|
|
Collared petrel |
Pterodroma brevipes |
1000 – 10 000[14] |
VU[14] |
[14] |
|
|
Trindade petrel |
Pterodroma arminjoniana |
1130[15] |
VU[15] |
[15] |
|
|
Chatham petrel |
Pterodroma axillaris |
1400[16] |
EN[16] |
[16] |
|
|
Polynesian storm petrel |
Nesofregetta fuliginosa |
1500 – 2400[17] |
EN[17] |
[17] |
Preliminary estimate.[17] |
|
Short-tailed albatross |
Phoebastria albatrus |
2200 – 2500[18] |
VU[18] |
[18] |
|
|
Jouanin's petrel |
Bulweria fallax |
2500 – 9999[19] |
NT[19] |
[19] |
|
|
Fea's petrel |
Pterodroma feae |
3000[20] |
NT[20] |
[20] |
|
|
Gould's petrel |
Pterodroma leucoptera |
3000 – 21 000[21] |
VU[21] |
[21] |
|
|
Black petrel |
Procellaria parkinsoni |
5000[22] |
VU[22] |
[22] |
|
|
Ashy storm petrel |
Oceanodroma homochroa |
5200 – 10 000[23] |
EN[23] |
[23] |
|
|
Tristan albatross |
Diomedea dabbenena |
7100[24] |
CR[24] |
[24] |
|
|
Barau's petrel |
Pterodroma baraui |
9000 – 12 000[25] |
EN[25] |
[25] |
|
|
Hawaiian petrel |
Pterodroma sandwichensis |
9000 – 16 600[26] |
VU[26] |
[26] |
Numbers may be underestimated.[26] |
|
Masatierra petrel |
Pterodroma defilippiana |
10 000 – 19 999[27] |
VU[27] |
[27] |
|
|
Galápagos petrel |
Pterodroma phaeopygia |
10 000 – 19 999[28] |
CR[28] |
[28] |
|
|
Balearic shearwater |
Puffinus mauretanicus |
13 000 – 20 000[29] |
CR[29] |
[29] |
Preliminary estimate.[29] |
|
Chatham albatross |
Thalassarche eremita |
16 000 [30] |
VU[30] |
[30] |
|
|
Westland petrel |
Procellaria westlandica |
16 000[31] |
VU[31] |
[31] |
|
|
Northern giant petrel |
Macronectes halli |
17 000 – 21 000[32] |
LC[32] |
[32] |
|
|
Matsudaira's storm petrel |
Oceanodroma matsudairae |
20 000[33] |
DD[33] |
Unknown[33] |
Preliminary estimate for mature individuals.[33] |
|
Tahiti petrel |
Pseudobulweria rostrata |
20 000 – 30 000[34] |
NT[34] |
[34] |
|
|
Wandering albatross |
Diomedea exulans |
20 100[35] |
VU[35] |
[35] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[35] |
|
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross |
Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
21 000 – 32 000 [36] |
EN[36] |
[36] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[36] |
|
Northern royal albatross |
Diomedea sanfordi |
25 000 – 26 000[37] |
EN[37] |
[37] |
Estimate may be dated.[37] |
|
Southern royal albatross |
Diomedea epomophora |
27 200[38] |
VU[38] |
[38] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[38] |
|
Sooty albatross |
Phoebetria fusca |
28 000[39] |
EN[39] |
[39] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only (14 000 pairs).[39] |
|
Tristram's storm petrel |
Oceanodroma tristrami |
30 000[40] |
NT[40] |
[40] |
Maximum estimate.[40] |
|
Cape Verde shearwater |
Calonectris edwardsii |
30 000[41] |
NT[41] |
[41] |
|
|
Phoenix petrel |
Pterodroma alba |
30 000[42] |
EN[42] |
[42] |
Preliminary estimate.[42] |
|
Elliot's storm petrel |
Oceanites gracilis |
30 000[43] |
DD[43] |
[43] |
Minimum estimate.[43] |
|
Pycroft's petrel |
Pterodroma pycrofti |
30 000 – 40 000[44] |
VU[44] |
[44] |
|
|
Spectacled petrel |
Procellaria conspicillata |
38 000[45] |
VU[45] |
[45] |
|
|
Antipodean albatross |
Diomedea antipodensis |
44 500[46] |
VU[46] |
[46] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[46] |
|
Yelkouan shearwater |
Puffinus yelkouan |
46 000 – 92 000 [47] |
VU[47] |
[47] |
Preliminary estimate.[47] |
|
Markham's storm petrel |
Oceanodroma markhami |
50 000[48] |
DD[48] |
Unknown[48] |
Minimum estimate.[48] |
|
Shy albatross |
Thalassarche cauta |
60 000 – 70 000 [49] |
NT[49] |
Unknown[49] |
|
|
Newell's shearwater |
Puffinus newelli |
84 000[50] |
EN[50] |
[50] |
|
|
Light-mantled albatross |
Phoebetria palpebrata |
87 000[51] |
NT[51] |
[51] |
|
|
Salvin's albatross |
Thalassarche salvini |
90 000 [52] |
VU[52] |
Unknown[52] |
|
|
Pink-footed shearwater |
Puffinus creatopus |
100 000[53] |
VU[53] |
Unknown[53] |
Preliminary maximum estimate.[53] |
|
Southern giant petrel |
Macronectes giganteus |
100 000[54] |
LC[54] |
[54] |
Mature population is "approaching" this number.[54] |
|
Providence petrel |
Pterodroma solandri |
100 000[55] |
VU[55] |
[55] |
|
|
Fluttering shearwater |
Puffinus gavia |
100 000[56] |
LC[56] |
[56] |
Minimum estimate.[56] |
|
Swinhoe's storm petrel |
Oceanodroma monorhis |
100 000[57] |
NT[57] |
[57] |
Quite possibly underestimated; a recent study gives a minimum of 130 000 pairs.[57] |
|
Black-footed albatross |
Phoebastria nigripes |
129 000[58] |
VU[58] |
[58] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[58] |
|
Band-rumped storm petrel |
Oceanodroma castro |
150 000[59] |
LC[59] |
[59] |
|
|
Christmas shearwater |
Puffinus nativitatis |
150 000[60] |
LC[60] |
[60] |
|
|
Trindade petrel |
Pterodroma heraldica |
150 000[61] |
LC[61] |
[61] |
|
|
White-necked petrel |
Pterodroma cervicalis |
150 000[62] |
VU[62] |
[62] |
|
|
Kermadec petrel |
Pterodroma neglecta |
150 000 – 200 000[63] |
LC[63] |
[63] |
|
|
Fulmar prion |
Pachyptila crassirostris |
150 000 – 300 000[64] |
LC[64] |
[64] |
|
|
Indian yellow-nosed albatross |
Thalassarche carteri |
160 000 [65] |
EN[65] |
[65] |
"Perhaps" a minimum estimate.[65] |
|
Grey-backed storm petrel |
Garrodia nereis |
200 000[66] |
LC[66] |
[66] |
"Potential" minimum estimate.[66] |
|
Black-vented shearwater |
Puffinus opisthomelas |
200 000 – 250 000[67] |
NT[67] |
Unknown[67] |
|
|
Grey-headed albatross |
Thalassarche chrysostoma |
250 000 [68] |
VU[68] |
[68] |
Minimum estimate for mature individuals.[68] |
|
White-bellied storm petrel |
Fregetta grallaria |
300 000[69] |
LC[69] |
[69] |
|
|
Hutton's shearwater |
Puffinus huttoni |
300 000 – 350 000[70] |
EN[70] |
[70] |
|
|
Grey petrel |
Procellaria cinerea |
400 000[71] |
NT[71] |
[71] |
Preliminary estimate.[71] |
|
Stejneger's petrel |
Pterodroma longirostris |
400 000[72] |
VU[72] |
[72] |
Minimum estimate.[72] |
|
Audubon's shearwater |
Puffinus lherminieri |
500 000[73] |
LC[73] |
[73] |
|
|
Black-bellied storm petrel |
Fregetta tropica |
500 000[74] |
LC[74] |
[74] |
|
|
Black storm petrel |
Oceanodroma melania |
500 000[75] |
LC[75] |
[75] |
Minimum estimate.[75] |
|
Wedge-rumped storm petrel |
Oceanodroma tethys |
500 000[76] |
LC[76] |
[76] |
Minimum estimate.[76] |
|
Bulwer's petrel |
Bulweria bulwerii |
500 000 – 1 000 000[77] |
LC[77] |
[77] |
|
|
White-headed petrel |
Pterodroma lessonii |
600 000[78] |
LC[78] |
[78] |
|
|
Flesh-footed shearwater |
Puffinus carneipes |
650 000[79] |
LC[79] |
[79] |
Minimum estimate.[79] |
|
Cook's petrel |
Pterodroma cookii |
670 000[80] |
VU[80] |
[80] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[80] |
|
Little shearwater |
Puffinus assimilis |
900 000[81] |
VU[81] |
[81] |
Minimum estimate.[81] |
|
Cory's shearwater |
Calonectris diomedea |
900 000 – 1 200 000[82] |
LC[82] |
[82] |
Preliminary estimate.[82] |
|
Bonin petrel |
Pterodroma hypoleuca |
1 000 000[83] |
LC[83] |
[83] |
Population "approaches" this number.[83] |
|
Kerguelen petrel |
Lugensa brevirostris |
1 000 000[84] |
LC[84] |
[84] |
|
|
Manx shearwater |
Puffinus puffinus |
1 050 000 – 1 170 000 [85] |
LC[85] |
[85] |
|
|
Black-browed albatross |
Thalassarche melanophrys |
1 150 000 [86] |
NT[86] |
[86] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[86] |
|
European storm petrel |
Hydrobates pelagicus |
1 290 000 – 1 530 000 [87] |
LC[87] |
[87] |
|
|
Great-winged petrel |
Pterodroma macroptera |
1 500 000[88] |
LC[88] |
[88] |
Minimum estimate.[88] |
|
Laysan albatross |
Phoebastria immutabilis |
1 700 000[89] |
NT[89] |
[89] |
Minimum estimate.[89] |
|
Cape petrel |
Daption capense |
2 000 000[90] |
LC[90] |
[90] |
|
|
Buller's shearwater |
Puffinus bulleri |
2 500 000[91] |
VU[91] |
[91] |
Estimate is dated; numbers may now be lower.[91] |
|
Streaked shearwater |
Calonectris leucomelas |
3 000 000[92] |
LC[92] |
[92] |
|
|
Blue petrel |
Halobaena caerulea |
3 000 000[93] |
LC[93] |
[93] |
Minimum estimate.[93] |
|
Juan Fernández petrel |
Pterodroma externa |
3 000 000[94] |
VU[94] |
[94] |
Minimum estimate from 1986, but population appears to remain steady.[94] |
|
White-chinned petrel |
Procellaria aequinoctialis |
3 000 000[95] |
VU[95] |
[95] |
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[95] |
|
Southern fulmar |
Fulmarus glacialoides |
4 000 000[96] |
LC[96] |
[96] |
|
|
Snow petrel |
Pagodroma nivea |
4 000 000[97] |
LC[97] |
[97] |
Minimum estimate.[97] |
|
White-faced storm petrel |
Pelagodroma marina |
4 000 000[98] |
LC[98] |
[98] |
Minimum estimate.[98] |
|
Atlantic petrel |
Pterodroma incerta |
5 000 000[99] |
EN[99] |
[99] |
|
|
Fairy prion |
Pachyptila turtur |
5 000 000[100] |
LC[100] |
[100] |
|
|
Soft-plumaged petrel |
Pterodroma mollis |
5 000 000[101] |
LC[101] |
[101] |
Minimum estimate.[101] |
|
Wedge-tailed shearwater |
Puffinus pacificus |
5 200 000[102] |
LC[102] |
[102] |
|
|
Fork-tailed storm petrel |
Oceanodroma furcata |
6 000 000[103] |
LC[103] |
[103] |
Minimum estimate.[103] |
|
Slender-billed prion |
Pachyptila belcheri |
7 000 000[104] |
LC[104] |
[104] |
Minimum estimate.[104] |
|
Black-winged petrel |
Pterodroma nigripennis |
8 000 000 – 10 000 000[105] |
LC[105] |
[105] |
|
|
Antarctic petrel |
Thalassoica antarctica |
10 000 000 – 20 000 000 [106] |
LC[106] |
[106] |
|
|
Salvin's prion |
Pachyptila salvini |
12 000 000[107] |
LC[107] |
[107] |
Minimum estimate.[107] |
|
Wilson's storm petrel |
Oceanites oceanicus |
12 000 000 – 30 000 000[108] |
LC[108] |
[108] |
|
|
South Georgia diving petrel |
Pelecanoides georgicus |
15 000 000[109] |
LC[109] |
[109] |
|
|
Broad-billed prion |
Pachyptila vittata |
15 000 000[110] |
LC[110] |
[110] |
Minimum estimate.[110] |
|
Great shearwater |
Puffinus gravis |
15 000 000[111] |
LC[111] |
[111] |
Minimum estimate.[56] |
|
Northern fulmar |
Fulmarus glacialis |
15 000 000 – 30 000 000[112] |
LC[112] |
[112] |
|
|
Common diving petrel |
Pelecanoides urinatrix |
16 000 000[113] |
LC[113] |
[113] |
Minimum estimate.[113] |
|
Leach's storm petrel |
Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
20 000 000[114] |
LC[114] |
[114] |
Minimum estimate.[114] |
|
Sooty shearwater |
Puffinus griseus |
20 000 000[115] |
NT[115] |
[115] |
Minimum estimate.[56] |
|
Short-tailed shearwater |
Puffinus tenuirostris |
23 000 000 [116] |
LC[116] |
[116] |
Minimum estimate.[116] |
|
Antarctic prion |
Pachyptila desolata |
50 000 000[117] |
LC[117] |
[117] |
|
|