Family Procellariidae: Shearwaters and Petrels

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cookii (3)
Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus (1)
Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis (3)
Buller’s Shearwater Puffinus bulleri (1)
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus (2)

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Last updated: August 10, 2007