How many Pelagic Species have you seen? (1 Viewer)

I know I'm jumping on the band-wagon here, but I've always thought my pelagic list should be a bit higher (I actually got a job washing dishes 17 hours a day on a cruise ship just in the hopes of seeing more pelagic species). Anyway, here's my list of 32 species in Order Procellariiformes. How's yours?

Yellow-nosed Albatross
White-capped Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Royal Albatross
Waved Albatross
Southern Giant-Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Cape Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Tahiti Petrel
Galapagos Petrel
Antarctic Prion
White-chinned Petrel
Spectacled Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Galapagos Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Hutton's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Elliot's Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird

Tropicbirds however are not Procellariformes

Mine stands at 21, mostly ABA (bolded) except for a few species from Japan. Pelagic species rank up their with owls and rails as far as difficult birds, simply because the amount of effort and luck needed to see and identify them

Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Band-rumped Storm Petrel
Ashy Storm Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel
Black Storm Petrel
Tristram's Storm Petrel
Buller's Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Bulwer's Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Streaked Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
Audubon's Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Black-capped Petrel
Stejneger's Petrel

Also 3 species of Skua, 12 alcids, and 5 Suliformes

A challenging group as far as seeing many species is concerned, but always an adventure to be out there on the water. Some of the most beautiful fliers in this order. Here's my list:

1) Yellow-nosed Albatross Australia
2) Grey-headed Albatross Australia
3) Buller's Albatross Australia
4) White-capped Albatross Australia
5) Salvin's Albatross Australia
6) Black-browed Albatross Australia
7) Wandering Albatross Australia
8) Southern Giant-Petrel Australia
9) Northern Giant-Petrel Australia
10) Cape Petrel Australia
11) Providence Petrel Australia
12) Black-capped Petrel Florida, USA
13) Cory's Shearwater Florida, USA
14) Pink-footed Shearwater California, USA
15) Greater Shearwater Florida, USA
16) Wedge-tailed Shearwater Australia
17) Sooty Shearwater California, USA
18) Hutton's Shearwater Australia
19) Fluttering Shearwater Australia
20) Audubon's Shearwater Florida, USA
21) Wilson's Storm-Petrel Florida, USA
22) Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Florida, USA

Carlos

Following IOC list v2.7 here is my list:

1. Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata)
2. Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
3. Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)
4. Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
5. Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)
6. Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
7. Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
8. Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
9. Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)
10. Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini)
11. Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
12. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)
13. Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)
14. Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
15. Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli
16. Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
17. Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
18. Antarctic Petrel (Thalassoica antarctica)
19. Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
20. Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
21. Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
22. Slender-billed Prion (Pachyptila belcheri)
23. Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
24. Great-winged Petrel( Pterodroma macroptera)
25. White-headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessonii)
26. Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta)
27. Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
28. Desertas Petrel (Pterodroma deserta)
29. Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)
30. Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma externa)
31. Phoenix Petrel (Pterodroma alba)
32. Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii)
33. De Filippi's Petrel (Pterodroma defilippiana)
34. Stejneger's Petrel (Pterodroma longirostris)
35. Grey Petrel (Procellaria cinerea)
36. White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
37. Spectacled Petrel (Procellaria conspicillata)
38. Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
39. Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
40. Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)
41. Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)
42. Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
43. Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
44. Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
45. Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)
46. Townsend's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis)
47. Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)
48. Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris)
49. Macaronesian Shearwater (Puffinus baroli)
50. Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
51. Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)
52. Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus)
53. Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)
54. Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
55. Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)
56. Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
57. Elliot's Storm Petrel (Oceanites gracilis)
58. Black-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta tropica)
59. Polynesian Storm Petrel (Nesofregetta fuliginosa)
60. European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
61. Least Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma microsoma)
62. Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma tethys)
63. Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
64. Markham's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma markhami)
65. Black Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma melania)
66. Hornby's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma hornbyi)
67. Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma furcata)
68. Peruvian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii)
69. Magellanic Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)
70. Common Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)

I think a few people have cleared up on the extant forms in this group, notably Hadoram S and possibly Chris Collins? They aren't on here though.

cheers, alan

Mysticete said:

Tropicbirds however are not Procellariformes

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Quite right! Call it a beer-based error on my part....Niltava42, 70 species is amazing!
I'm also down for 32 Suliformes, 5 Alcids, and 5 Skua. Anyone up for a Charadriiformes list....

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Wandering Albatross
Southern Royal Albatross
Northern Royal Albatross
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Grey-headed Albatross
Southern Giant Petrel
Northern Giant Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Southern Fulmar
Antarctic Petrel
Cape Petrel
Snow Petrel
Antarctic Prion
Slender-billed Prion
Fairy Prion
Atlantic Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Grey Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Black-bellied Storm Petrel
European Storm Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel
Grey-backed Storm Petrel
Peruvian Diving Petrel
South Georgia Diving Petrel
Common Diving Petrel


Cheers

Alan
www.surfbirds.com/blog/falklandbirder

Procellariiformes:

Black-footed Albatross, Westport, Washington
Laysan Albatross, Westport, Washington
Northern Fulmar, Westport, Washington
Buller's Shearwater, Port Angeles, Washington
Pink-footed Shearwater, Westport, Washington
Sooty Shearwater, Ocean Shores, Washington
White-vented Storm-Petrel, Isla de la Plata, Ecuador
Leach's Storm-Petrel, Westport, Washington
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Westport

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Black-browed Albatross
Royal Albatross
Waved Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Southern (Antarctic) Giant-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Southern Fulmar
Herald Petrel
Bermuda Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Galapagos Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Magellanic Diving-Petrel

jc122463 said:

Quite right! Call it a beer-based error on my part....Niltava42, 70 species is amazing!
I'm also down for 32 Suliformes, 5 Alcids, and 5 Skua. Anyone up for a Charadriiformes list....

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My wife and I got into cruises some years ago so I try and make sure we go on ones where there will be some seabirds.

oops...I actually meant to write Sulids not suliformes

None,live in Manitoba.

jc122463 said:

Quite right! Call it a beer-based error on my part....Niltava42, 70 species is amazing!
I'm also down for 32 Suliformes, 5 Alcids, and 5 Skua. Anyone up for a Charadriiformes list....

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Well, regarding a Charadriiformes list, it might be a little confusing to some, as there are eighteen (18) families in that order (some of the families with only one species). Perhaps some of the families could be done as "stand alone" threads,viz. Scolopacidae (Sandpipers), Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings), Laridae (Gulls and Terns) and Alcidae (Alcids).

* I only have 115 species of birds in the order of Charadriiformes, so my list for that order would not be too long. But for some on here the list could be quite lengthy!

A larid list would be interesting...none are that hard to see, but they do require a certain degree of skill to ID, not to mention a tolerance for garbage dumps and other less than savory locations

16 for me.

1.Black-browed Albatross
2.Shy Albatross
3.Yellow-nosed Albatross
4 Hall's Giant Petrel
5 Northern Fulmar
6.Cape Petrel
7.White-chinned Petrel
8.Cory's Shearwater
9.Flesh-footed Shearwater
10.Greater Shearwater
11.Sooty Shearwater
12.Manx Shearwater
13.Levantine Shearwater
14.Wilson' Storm-Petrel
15.European Storm-Petrel
16.Leach's Storm-Petrel

jc122463 said:

........ Anyone up for a Charadriiformes list....

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I know some clever bu**er has a full house of Charadriiformes ( I don't know if that includes Turnix though ). I'll have to rummage out my procellarid list as I've got a couple of good ones on it :t:.

Chris

chris butterworth said:

I know some clever bu**er has a full house of Charadriiformes ( I don't know if that includes Turnix though ). I'll have to rummage out my procellarid list as I've got a couple of good ones on it :t:.

Chris

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Chris, unless the orders have been changed/reordered, I believe that the genus Turnix is in the order Gruiformes, family Turnicidae. (from my "older ed. of Clements).

Edit: (from Wikipedia) I find that Turnix is shown to be in the order Charadriiformes, family Turnicidae. I guess I am not up to speed on the current taxonomy!

Reading a little further in the article, I found this: "Buttonquail were traditionally placed in Gruiformes or Galliformes (the crane and pheasant orders). The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy elevated them to ordinal status as the Turniciformes". So, I guess, the order of buttonquail is now Turniciformes and not in Charadriiformes! (I need to go take an aspirin!)

Turnicidae now appears to be a member of the Charadriiformes. I am not aware of any recent study supporting ordinal status or a relationship with Gruiformes.

Besides Turnicidae, I would also imagine that some of the woodcock and snipe must be pretty difficult to get

Mysticete said:

Besides Turnicidae, I would also imagine that some of the woodcock and snipe must be pretty difficult to get

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Strickland's Snipe, Obi & Sulawesi Woodcocks, Chatham Island Snipe (no access) and Imperial Snipe are all virtually impossible. I've had grim views of the last roding but haven't counted it. Most of the others at gettable though I've missed Bukidnon Woodcock twice

cheers
alan

pretty awful list really, only seen UK species (6).

Northern Fulmar
Manx Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Petrel