page_title: List of birds of the United States
section_title: Shearwaters and petrels
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of the United States / Shearwaters and petrels
caption_attribution_description: English: Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii)
context_page_description: This list of birds of the United States is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States as of July, 2019. It includes species from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories.
  The birds of the continental United States most closely resemble those of Eurasia, which was connected to the continent as part of the supercontinent Laurasia until around 60 million years ago. Many groups occur throughout the Northern Hemisphere and worldwide. However some groups unique to the New World have also arisen; those represented in this list are the hummingbirds, the New World vultures, the New World quail, the tyrant flycatchers, the vireos, the mimids, the New World warblers, the tanagers, the cardinals, and the icterids.
  Several common birds in the United States, such as the house sparrow, the rock pigeon, the European starling, and the mute swan are introduced species, meaning that they are not native to this continent but were brought here by humans. Introduced species are marked on this list as (I). In addition, many non-native species which have individual escapees or small feral populations in North America are not on this list.
context_section_description: Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae
  The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.
  Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis LC
  Gray-faced petrel, Pterodroma gouldi (A) LC
  Providence petrel, Pterodroma solandri (C) VU
  Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta (C) LC
  Trindade petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana VU
  Herald petrel, Pterodroma heraldica (C) LC
  Murphy's petrel, Pterodroma ultima LC
  Mottled petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata NT
  Bermuda petrel, Pterodroma cahow EN
  Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata EN
  Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa VU
  Hawaiian petrel, Pterodroma sandwichensis VU
  White-necked petrel, Pterodroma cervicalis VU
  Bonin petrel, Pterodroma hypoleuca LC
  Black-winged petrel, Pterodroma nigripennis LC
  Fea's petrel, Pterodroma feae NT
  Zino's petrel, Pterodroma madeira (A) VU
  Cook's petrel, Pterodroma cookii VU
  Gould's petrel, Pterodroma leucoptera (American Samoa) VU
  Collared petrel, Pterodroma brevipes (American Samoa) VU
  Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris (C) VU
  Phoenix petrel, Pterodroma alba (American Samoa, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands) EN
  Tahiti petrel, Pseudobulweria rostrata (A) NT
  Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii LC
  Jouanin's petrel, Bulweria fallax (A) NT
  White-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis (A) VU
  Parkinson's petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni (A) VU
  Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas (C) NT
  Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea LC
  Cape Verde shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A) NT
  Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacificus LC
  Buller's shearwater, Ardenna bulleri VU
  Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris LC
  Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus NT
  Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis LC
  Pink-footed shearwater, Ardenna creatopus VU
  Flesh-footed shearwater, Ardenna carneipes LC
  Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis NT
  Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus LC
  Townsend's shearwater, Puffinus auricularis CR
  Newell's shearwater, Puffinus newelli CR
  Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani (A) CR
  Black-vented shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas NT
  Little shearwater, Puffinus assimilis (U.S. Minor Outlying Islands) LC
  Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri LC
  Tropical shearwater, Puffinus bailloni (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands) LC
  Barolo shearwater, Puffinus baroli (A) (Not yet assessed by the IUCN)
caption: Cook's petrel
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