Biology:List of fulmarine petrel species

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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