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Petrels  and  Shearwaters  -  Family:  Procellariidae


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      Kerguelen Petrel  -  Aphrodroma brevirostris



      Buller's  Shearwater  -  Ardenna bulleri     

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      Flesh-footed  Shearwater  -  Ardenna carneipes

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      Sooty  Shearwater  -  Ardenna griseus      

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      Wedge-tailed  Shearwater  -  Ardenna pacificus

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      Short-tailed  Shearwater  -  Ardenna tenuirostris

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      Bulwer's Petrel  -  Bulweria bulwerii



      Streaked  Shearwater  -  Calonectris leucomelas

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     Pintado Petrel  -  Daption capense

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      Southern Fulmar  -  Fulmarus glacialoides



      Blue Petrel  -  Halobaena caerulea



      Southern  Giant  Petrel  -  Macronectes giganteus  

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     Northern  Giant  Petrel  -  Macronectes halli 

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      Slender-billed  Prion  -  Pachyptila belcheri

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      Antarctic Prion  -  Pachyptila desolata



      Salvin's Prion  -  Pachyptila salvini     (possible occurrence)



      Fairy  Prion  -  Pachyptila turtur

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      Broad-billed Prion  -  Pachyptila vittata     (possible occurrence)



      Common  Diving  Petrel  -  Pelecanoides urinatrix

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      White-chinned Petrel  -  Procellaria aequinoctalis     (possible occurrence)



      Grey Petrel  -  Procellaria cinerea     (possible occurrence)



      Parkinson's Petrel  -  Procellaria parkinsoni

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      Westland Petrel  -  Procellaria westlandica     (possible occurrence)



      Tahiti  Petrel  -  Pseudobulweria rostrata 

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            White-necked  Petrel  -  ​Pterodroma cervicalis

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      Grey-faced Petrel  -  Pterodroma gouldi

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     Herald Petrel  -  Pterodroma heraldica     (possible occurrence)



     Mottled  Petrel  -  Pterodroma inexpectata 

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      White-headed  Petrel  -  Pterodroma lessonii

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     Gould's  Petrel  -  Pterodroma leucoptera  

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     Great-winged  Petrel  -  Pterodroma macroptera     

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      Soft-plumaged  Petrel  -  Pterodroma mollis 

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      Kermadec  Petrel  -  ​Pterodroma neglecta

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      Black-winged  Petrel  -  Pterodroma nigripennis      

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      Providence  Petrel  -  Pterodroma solandri 

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      Little  Shearwater  -  ​Puffinus assimilis

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      Fluttering  Shearwater  -  Puffinus gavia 

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      Hutton's  Shearwater  -  Puffinus huttoni 

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      Sargasso Shearwater  -  Puffinus lherminieri



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Taxonomy:
 
Phylum:   Chordata    (Chordates)
          > Subphylum:   Vertebrata    (Vertebrates)    
                    > Class:   Aves    (Birds)
                              > Order:    Procellariiformes    (Tubenoses)    
                                          > Family:   Procellariidae    (Shearwaters  and  Petrels)  
                                                         > Genus:   Aphrodroma
                                                                        > Species:   A. brevirostris  -  Kerguelen Petrel
                                                         > Genus:   Ardenna   
                                                                        > Species:   A. bulleri  - Buller's Shearwater     
                                                                        > Species:   A. carneipes  - Flesh-footed Shearwater  
                                                                        > Species:   A. grisea  - Sooty Shearwater 
                                                                        > Species:   A. pacifica  -  Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
                                                                        > Species:   A. tenuirostris  - Short-tailed Shearwater 

                                                         > Genus:   Bulweria  
                                                                        > Species:   B. bulwerii  -  Bulwer's Petrel
                                                         > Genus:   Calonectris    (Large Shearwaters)
                                                                        > Species:   C. leucomelas  -  Streaked Shearwater 
                                                         > Genus:   Daption   
                                                                        > Species:   D. capense  - Pintado Petrel  
                                                         > Genus:   Fulmarus    (Fulmars)
                                                                        > Species:   F. glacialoides  -  Southern Fulmar
                                                         > Genus:   Halobaena
                                                                        > Species:   H. caerulea  -  Blue Petrel
                                                        > Genus:   Macronectes   
                                                                        > Species:   M. giganteus  - Southern Giant Petrel  
                                                                        > Species:   M. halli  - Northern Giant Petrel  
                                                         > Genus:   Pachyptila    (Prions)
                                                                        > Species:   P. belcheri  -  Slender-billed Prion 
                                                                        > Species:   P. desolata  -  Antarctic Prion 
                                                                        > Species:   P. salvini  -  Salvin's Prion  ^
                                                                        > Species:   P. turtur  -  Fairy Prion    
                                                                        > Species:   P. vittata  -  Broad-billed Prion  ^
                                                         > Genus:   Pelecanoides    (Diving Petrels)
                                                                        > Species:   P. urinatrix  -  Common Diving Petrel
                                                         > Genus:   Procellaria
                                                                        > Species:   P. aequinoctalis  -  White-chinned Petrel  ^
                                                                        > Species:   P. cinerea  -  Grey Petrel  ^
                                                                        > Species:   P. parkinsoni  -  Parkinson's Petrel
                                                                        > Species:   P. westlandica -  Westland Petrel  ^
                                                         > Genus:   Pseudobulweria   (Typical Petrels)
                                                                        > Species:   P. rostrata  -  Tahiti Petrel 
                                                         > Genus:   Pterodroma   
                                                                        > Species:   P. cervicalis  -  White-necked Petrel 
                                                                        > Species:   P. gouldi  -  Grey-faced Petrel
                                                                        > Species:   P. heraldica  -  Herald Petrel  ^
                                                                        > Species:   P. inexpectata  - Mottled Petrel  
                                                                        > Species:   P. lessonii  -  White-headed Petrel
                                                                        > Species:   P. leucoptera  -  Gould's Petrel 
                                                                        > Species:   P. macroptera  - Great-winged Petrel  
                                                                        > Species:   P. mollis  -  Soft-plumaged Petrel 
                                                                        > Species:   P. neglecta  -  Kermadec Petrel
                                                                        > Species:   P. nigripennis  -  Black-winged Petrel  
                                                                        > Species:   P. solandri  -  Providence Petrel 
                                                         > Genus:   Puffinus    (Small Shearwaters)
                                                                        > Species:   P. assimilis  -  Little Shearwater 
                                                                        > Species:   P. gavia  -  Fluttering Shearwater  
                                                                        > Species:   P. huttoni  -  Hutton's Shearwater 
                                                                        > Species:   P. lherminieri  -  Sargasso Shearwater

^  =  possibly
*  =  likely

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Photographic   contributions:
Lambert, Nick.                         L 376 - L 377 - L 378 - L 379 - L 393 - L 394 - L 409 - L 410 - 410a - L 411 - L 412 - L 413 - L 414 - L 415.


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