Big Zigzag - Drilldown into Families
Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae)
15 species seen during BigZZ, 8 lifers. My global status of this 98 species family is 29 (30%)
Genus level:
- Petrel (Pterodroma) – 5 seen, 5 lifers. (Great-winged, Gray-faced, White-headed, White-necked, Black-winged Petrels) 34 sp. in genus.
- Prion (Pachyptila) – 1 seen (Fairy Prion). 7 sp. in genus.
- Petrel (Pseudobulweria) – 1 seen, 1 lifer (Tahiti Petrel). 4 sp. in genus.
- Petrel (Procellaria) – 1 seen (White-chinned Petrel). 5 sp. in genus.
- Shearwater (Calonectris) – 1 seen, 1 lifer (Streaked Shearwater). 4 sp. in genus.
- Shearwater (Ardenna) – 4 seen, 1 lifer (Flesh-footed, Wedge-tailed, Sooty, Short-tailed Shearwaters). 7 sp. in genus.
- Shearwater (Puffinus) – 2 seen (Hutton’s, Fluttering Shearwaters). 21 sp. in genus.
