List of fulmarine petrels
This is a list of the fulmarine petrels, one of four types of Procellariidae.
Macronectes
- Macronectes halli, northern giant petrel, located in the southern oceans, north of the Antarctic convergence
- Macronectes giganteus, southern giant petrel, located in the southern oceans, and southern polar region south to the pack ice
Fulmarus
- Fulmarus glacialis, northern fulmar, breeds in the North Atlantic, along the coast of eastern Siberia, and the Alaskan Peninsula. Ranges through the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean,
- Fulmarus glacialis glacialis breeds in the high Arctic region of the North Atlantic
- Fulmarus glacialis auduboni breeds in the low Arctic and boreal Arctic of the North Atlantic
- Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii breeds along the coast of eastern Siberia and the Alaskan Peninsula
- Fulmarus glacialoides, southern fulmar, located in the southern polar region; South Atlantic Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Thalassoica
- Thalassoica antarctica, Antarctic petrel, breeds along the Antarctic coast and on the Antarctic islands. Ranges through the southern polar region
Daption
- Daption capense, Cape petrel, breeds on the circumpolar and New Zealand subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern polar region, and coastal waters off the west coast of South America
- Daption capense capense breeds on the circumpolar subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern oceans
- Daption capense australe breeds on the New Zealand subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern oceans
Pagodroma
- Pagodroma nivea, snow petrel, located in the southern polar region
- Pagodroma nivea nivea, breeds on the South Georgia Islands and adjacent islands, Scotia Arc, and the Antarctic Peninsula
- Pagodroma nivea confusa, breeds on the South Sandwich Islands and the Géologie Archipelago
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