Pelagic Birds

The Pelagic Birds are a group of birds that can be found out at sea.They can be identified by their long,narrow wings which have lengths of up to 12 feet or more and spend most their lives out at sea.They feed mostly on squid,fish.Most seabirds seen in the ABA Area come from around the world.Most species nest on islands out in the ocean.Pairs mate for life.A number of species,mostly from the Southern Hemisphere,are threatened by long-line fishing.They are very rarely seen from shore.Their bills have nostril tubes.They fly with rapid wingbeats and stiff-winged glides.

Pelagic Birds seen the ABA Area
Albatrosses (family Diomedeidae) Shearwaters and Petrels (family Procellaridae) Gadfly Petrels Shearwaters Storm-Petrels (family Hydrobatidae) Frigatebirds (family Fregatidae) Tropicbirds (family Phaethontidae) Boobies and Gannets (family Sulidae Cormorants (family Phalacrocoracidae) Pelicans (family Pelecanidae) Darters Skuas and Jaegers (Family Stercoraiidae)
 * Short-tailed Albatross
 * Laysan Albatross
 * Black-footed Albatross
 * Shy Albatross
 * Yellow-footed Albatross
 * Wandering Albatross
 * Black-browed Albatross
 * White-capped Albatross
 * Salvin's Albatross
 * Northern Fulmar
 * Great-winged Petrel (Southern Ocean species)
 * Parkinson's Petrel (breeds on islands off of New Zealand)
 * Murphy's Petrel (from the South Pacific)
 * Providence Petrel (from Lord Howe Island off the coast of Australia)
 * Herald Petrel (from the South Pacific)
 * Mottled Petrel (from New Zealand and American Samoa)
 * Cook's Petrel (from New Zealand)
 * Stejneger's Petrel (breeds on islands off of New Zealand)
 * Hawaiian Petrel (from Hawaii)
 * Bermuda Petrel (from Bermuda)
 * Black-capped Petrel
 * Fea's Petrel (From the Madeira and the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa)
 * White-chinned Petrel
 * Bulwer's Petrel (Breeds in the Cape Verde Islands,Azore Islands,Canary Islands and the Madeira Islands)
 * Streaked Shearwater
 * Cory's Shearwater
 * Cape Verde Shearwater
 * Greater Shearwater
 * Manx Shearwater
 * Audubon's Shearwater
 * Little Shearwater
 * Wedge-tailed Shearwater
 * Flesh-footed Shearwater
 * Short-tailed Shearwater
 * Sooty Shearwater
 * Buller's Shearwater
 * Pink-footed Shearwater
 * Black-vented Shearwater
 * Barolo Shearwater
 * Townsend's Shearwater
 * European Storm-Petrel
 * Wilson's Storm-Petrel
 * Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
 * Leach's Storm-Petrel
 * White-faced Storm-Petrel
 * Black Storm-Petrel
 * Ashy Storm-Petrel
 * Least Storm-Petrel
 * Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
 * Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
 * Black-bellied Storm Petrel
 * Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
 * Tristam's Storm-Petrel
 * Ringed Storm-Petrel
 * Magnificent Frigatebird
 * White-tailed Tropicbird
 * Red-billed Tropicbird
 * Red-tailed Tropicbird
 * Masked Booby
 * Red-footed Booby
 * Blue-footed Booby
 * Brown Booby
 * Northern Gannet
 * Neotropic Cormorant
 * Great Cormorant
 * Pelagic Cormorant
 * Red-faced Cormorant
 * Brandt's Cormorant
 * Double-crested Cormorant
 * American White Pelican
 * Brown Pelican
 * Anhinga
 * Great Skua
 * South Polar Skua
 * Pomarine Jaeger
 * Parasitic Jaeger
 * Long-tailed Jaeger