IOC English Name Scientific Name Comments
     
 
ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES
  
Penguins
Family Spheniscidae
  
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus  
Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri  
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua  
Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae  
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus  
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus  
Snares Penguin Eudyptes robustus AL (1)
Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri  
Western Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome ENG (2)
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi PS (3)
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi AS (4)
Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli AL (5)
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus  
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes  
Little Penguin Eudyptula minor ENG (6)
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus ENG (7)
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus  
Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti  
Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus  
     
 
ORDER GAVIIFORMES
  
Loons
Family Gaviidae
  
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata  
Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica  
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica  
Great Northern Loon Gavia immer  
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii  
     
 
ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES
  
Albatrosses
Family Diomedeidae
  
Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis  
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes  
Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata  
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus  
Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora TAX (8)
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans TAX (9)
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca  
Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata  
Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos TAX (10)
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma  
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys TAX (11)
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri  
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta TAX (12)
     
Petrels, Shearwaters
Family Procellariidae
  
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus  
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli  
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis  
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides  
Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica  
Cape Petrel Daption capense  
Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea  
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea  
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata  
Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini  
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata  
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri  
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur  
Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris  
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris  
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera  
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii  
Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta  
Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri  
Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae  
Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima  
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis  
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira  
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae  
Cahow Pterodroma cahow ENG (13)
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata  
Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa  
Vanuatu Petrel Pterodroma occulta  
Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta  
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica  
Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana  
Henderson Petrel Pterodroma atrata  
Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba  
Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui  
Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis  
Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia  
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata  
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis  
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis  
Chatham Petrel Pterodroma axillaris  
Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca  
Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera  
Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes  
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii  
De Filippi's Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana  
Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris  
Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti  
Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima  
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata  
Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki AS (14)
Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi  
Pediunker Procellaria cinerea  
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis  
Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata  
Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni ENG (15)
Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica  
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas  
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea  
Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii  
Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis  
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus  
Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri  
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus  
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan  
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus  
Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas  
Townsend's Shearwater Puffinus auricularis  
Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli AS (16)
Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia  
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni  
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri DIS (17)
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus AS (18)
Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni AS (19)
Galapagos Shearwater Puffinus subalaris AS (20)
Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani  
Heinroth's Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi  
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis TAX (21)
Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli AS (22)
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus  
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris  
Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus  
Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes  
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis  
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii  
Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax  
     
Storm Petrels
Family Hydrobatidae
  
Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus  
New Zealand Storm Petrel Oceanites maorianus  
Elliot's Storm Petrel Oceanites gracilis ENG (23)
Grey-backed Storm Petrel Garrodia nereis  
White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina  
White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria  
Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica  
Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa  
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus  
Least Storm Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma  
Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma tethys  
Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro  
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis  
Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa  
Markham's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma markhami  
Tristram's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma tristrami  
Black Storm Petrel Oceanodroma melania  
Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae  
Ashy Storm Petrel Oceanodroma homochroa  
Hornby's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma hornbyi  
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Oceanodroma furcata  
     
Diving Petrels
Family Pelecanoididae
  
Peruvian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii  
Magellanic Diving Petrel Pelecanoides magellani  
South Georgia Diving Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus  
Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix  

Footnotes:

  1. DELETE: Eudyptes robustus is conspecific with E. pachyrhynchus (Christidis & Boles 2008)
  2. CHANGE: English name of Eudyptes chrysocome to Western Rockhopper Penguin with splits of E.filholi and E.moseleyi (Banks et al. 2006).
  3. Eudyptes filholi is a proposed split from E.chrysocome (Banks et al. 2006); BLI (1.0) does not accept
  4. ADD: Eudyptes moseleyi is split from E.chrysocome (Banks et al 2006, BLI)
  5. DELETE: Eudyptes schlegeli is conspecific with E. chrysolophus (Christidis & Boles 2008)
  6. CHANGE: English name of Eudyptula minor from Fairy Penguin to Little Penguin (Dickinson 2003, BLI, Christidis & Boles 2008)
  7. CHANGE: English name of Spheniscus demersus from Jackass Penguin to African Penguin
  8. Diomedea epomophora includes D.sanfordi (Northern Royal Albatross); BLI accepts this controversal split.
  9. Diomedea exulans includes D. antipodensis (Antipodean Albatross), D.amsterdamensis (Amsterdam Albatross), andD.dabbenena (Tristan Albatross); BLI accepts these controversal splits.
  10. Thalassarche chlororhynchos includes T. carteri (Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross); BLI accepts this controversal split.
  11. Thalassarche melanophris includes T. impavida (Campbell Albatross); BLI accepts this controversal split.
  12. Thalassarche cauta iincludes T eremita (Chatham Albatross) and T.salvini (Salvin's Albatross); BLI accepts these controversal splits.
  13. STET: Support of the English name of Cahow for Pterodroma cahow rather than Bermuda Petrel aids conservation of this endangered species
  14. ADD: Pseudobulweria becki is split from P.rostrata (Brooke 2004);recognized by BLI
  15. REVISIT: Australians greatly prefer English name of Black Petrel over Parkinson's Petrel for Procellaria parkinsoni; IOC accepted their position.
  16. ADD: Puffinus newelli is split from <P. auricularis> (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007). Recognized by BLI but not by AOU.
  17. Restricted range of P. lherminieri (Sangster et al 2005, Onley & Scofield 2007) recognized by BOU contra Austin (2004).
  18. ADD: Puffinus persicus is split from P. lherminieri (Austin 2004, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Onley & Scofield 2007).
  19. ADD: Puffinus bailloni is split from P. lherminieri (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007). Under review by BLI.
  20. ADD: Puffinus subalaris is split from P.lherminieri (Austin 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007). Not recognized by BLI. Recognized by SACC.
  21. Puffinus assimilis including P. elegans is redefined to exclude split of P.baroli (Austin 2004)
  22. ADD: Puffinus baroli is split from Little Shearwater by BOU (Sangster et al 2005, Onley & Scofield 2007) contra Austin (2004). Not recognized by BLI
  23. CHANGE: English name of Oceanites gracilis from White-vented Storm Petrel to Elliot's Storm Petrel to follow SACC, and to avoid confusion with White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria