Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Procellariidae

Fulmarus glacialis
Pelagic, breeding on sea cliffs and rocky islands.
N Eurasia from Greenland s to nw France, and e through n Norway and Arctic is. to Novaya Zemlya; e Siberia (Chukotski Pen.); n N. America
on is. off Alaska (s to Aleutians and n Gulf of Alaska), Devon and Baffin is., and Newfoundland.
Winters s to w Europe, Japan, Hawaiian Is., Baja Calif. and se U.S.

Daption capense
Pelagic, breeding on rock ledges and in shallow crevices.
Is. in s oceans: S. Georgia, S. Sandwich, S. Shetland, S. Orkney, Bouvet, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macquarie, Balleny, Peter I. Snares, Antipodes and Bounty; coast of Antarctica. Ranges at sea in s oceans.

Pterodroma feae
Pelagic, breeding on islands in burrows on steep slopes.
Desertas Is. (Bugio); Cape Verde Is. (Santo Antão, São Nicolau, Fogo, São Tiago).
Status of two birds from the Azores is uncertain, but they suggest that
P. cahow may be part of this complex.
Birds identified as this species have been reported off the Carolinas and Great Britain.
The 150-200 pairs that breed on Bugio Island are threatened by the effects on breeding burrows of goats and rabbits (World Bird-Watch 16(1):2).

Pterodroma madeira
Pelagic, breeding on islands in burrows on steep slopes.
Highlands of Madeira. Ranges at sea in ec Atlantic s to w Africa.
Sometimes treated as a race of P. mollis. Population 20-30 pairs;
fledged 8 chicks in 1993 (World Bird-Watch 16(1):2.