page_title: List of birds of Mexico
section_title: Shearwaters and petrels
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Mexico / Shearwaters and petrels
caption_attribution_description: Christams Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis taken on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mexico. The avifauna of Mexico included a total of 1122 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. One additional species has been added as a result of a split. Of these 1123 species, 101 are rare or accidental, 10 have been introduced by humans, 112 are endemic, and five more breed only in Mexico though their non-breeding range is larger. Four species are known to be extinct, 68 are globally vulnerable or endangered, and three of the latter might also be extinct. The total figure includes a number of species which are known only from sight records; they are listed but not especially noted.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
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
  Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta (A)
  Herald petrel, Pterodroma heraldica (A)
  Murphy's petrel, Pterodroma ultima (A)
  Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa (Vulnerable)
  Galapagos petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia (A) (Critically endangered)
  White-necked petrel, Pterodroma cervicalis (A) (Vulnerable)
  Cook's petrel, Pterodroma cookii (Vulnerable)
  Tahiti petrel, Pterodroma rostrata (A) (Near-threatened)
  Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii (A)
  Parkinson's petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni (A) (Vulnerable)
  Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea (A)
  Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacificus
  Buller's shearwater, Ardenna bulleri (A) (Vulnerable)
  Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris (A)
  Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus (Near-threatened)
  Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis (A)
  Pink-footed shearwater, Ardenna creatopus (Vulnerable)
  Flesh-footed shearwater, Ardenna carneipes (A) (Near-threatened)
  Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis (A)
  Galapagos shearwater, Puffinus subalaris
  Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus (A)
  Townsend's shearwater, Puffinus auricularis (Breeding endemic) (Critically endangered)
  Black-vented shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas (Breeding endemic) (Near-threatened)
  Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri (A)
caption: Christmas shearwater
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