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This list of bird families is based on the IOC WorldBirdNames classification ver 2.10 (2011)

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1. Southern Giant Petrel   Macronectes giganteus
2. Northern Giant Petrel   Macronectes halli
3. Northern Fulmar   Fulmarus glacialis
4. Southern Fulmar   Fulmarus glacialoides
5. Antarctic Petrel   Thalassoica antarctica
6. Cape Petrel   Daption capense
7. Snow Petrel   Pagodroma nivea
8. Blue Petrel   Halobaena caerulea
9. Broad-billed Prion   Pachyptila vittata
10. Salvin’s Prion   Pachyptila salvini
11. Antarctic Prion   Pachyptila desolata
12. Slender-billed Prion   Pachyptila belcheri
13. Fairy Prion   Pachyptila turtur
14. Fulmar Prion   Pachyptila crassirostris
15. Kerguelen Petrel   Aphrodroma brevirostris
16. Great-winged Petrel   Pterodroma macroptera
17. White-headed Petrel   Pterodroma lessonii
18. Atlantic Petrel   Pterodroma incerta
19. Providence Petrel   Pterodroma solandri
20. Magenta Petrel   Pterodroma magentae
21. Murphy’s Petrel   Pterodroma ultima
22. Soft-plumaged Petrel   Pterodroma mollis
23. Zino’s Petrel   Pterodroma madeira
24. Fea’s Petrel   Pterodroma feae
25. Desertas Petrel   Pterodroma deserta
26. Bermuda Petrel   Pterodroma cahow
27. Black-capped Petrel   Pterodroma hasitata
28. Juan Fernandez Petrel   Pterodroma externa
29. Vanuatu Petrel   Pterodroma occulta
30. Kermadec Petrel   Pterodroma neglecta
31. Herald Petrel   Pterodroma heraldica
32. Trindade Petrel   Pterodroma arminjoniana
33. Henderson Petrel   Pterodroma atrata
34. Phoenix Petrel   Pterodroma alba
35. Barau’s Petrel   Pterodroma baraui
36. Hawaiian Petrel   Pterodroma sandwichensis
37. Galapagos Petrel   Pterodroma phaeopygia
38. Mottled Petrel   Pterodroma inexpectata
39. White-necked Petrel   Pterodroma cervicalis
40. Black-winged Petrel   Pterodroma nigripennis
41. Chatham Petrel   Pterodroma axillaris
42. Bonin Petrel   Pterodroma hypoleuca
43. Gould’s Petrel   Pterodroma leucoptera
44. Collared Petrel   Pterodroma brevipes
45. Cook’s Petrel   Pterodroma cookii
46. De Filippi’s Petrel   Pterodroma defilippiana
47. Stejneger’s Petrel   Pterodroma longirostris
48. Pycroft’s Petrel   Pterodroma pycrofti
49. Mascarene Petrel   Pseudobulweria aterrima
50. Tahiti Petrel   Pseudobulweria rostrata
51. Beck’s Petrel   Pseudobulweria becki
52. Fiji Petrel   Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi
53. Grey Petrel   Procellaria cinerea
54. White-chinned Petrel   Procellaria aequinoctialis
55. Spectacled Petrel   Procellaria conspicillata
56. Black Petrel   Procellaria parkinsoni
57. Westland Petrel   Procellaria westlandica
58. Streaked Shearwater   Calonectris leucomelas
59. Cory’s Shearwater   Calonectris diomedea
60. Cape Verde Shearwater   Calonectris edwardsii
61. Wedge-tailed Shearwater   Puffinus pacificus
62. Buller’s Shearwater   Puffinus bulleri
63. Sooty Shearwater   Puffinus griseus
64. Short-tailed Shearwater   Puffinus tenuirostris
65. Pink-footed Shearwater   Puffinus creatopus
66. Flesh-footed Shearwater   Puffinus carneipes
67. Great Shearwater   Puffinus gravis
68. Christmas Shearwater   Puffinus nativitatis
69. Manx Shearwater   Puffinus puffinus
70. Yelkouan Shearwater   Puffinus yelkouan
71. Balearic Shearwater   Puffinus mauretanicus
72. Black-vented Shearwater   Puffinus opisthomelas
73. Townsend’s Shearwater   Puffinus auricularis
74. Newell’s Shearwater   Puffinus newelli
75. Fluttering Shearwater   Puffinus gavia
76. Hutton’s Shearwater   Puffinus huttoni
77. Audubon’s Shearwater   Puffinus lherminieri
78. Persian Shearwater   Puffinus persicus
79. Tropical Shearwater   Puffinus bailloni
80. Galapagos Shearwater   Puffinus subalaris
81. Bannerman’s Shearwater   Puffinus bannermani
82. Heinroth’s Shearwater   Puffinus heinrothi
83. Little Shearwater   Puffinus assimilis
84. Barolo Shearwater   Puffinus baroli
85. Boyd’s Shearwater   Puffinus boydi
86. Bulwer’s Petrel   Bulweria bulwerii
87. Jouanin’s Petrel   Bulweria fallax