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Pelagic birds

16 species

Pelagic birds, also called oceanic birds, live on the open sea, rather than around waters adjacent to land or around inland waters. Pelagic birds feed on planktonic crustaceans, squid and forage fish.

Source
Great Auk
Pinguinus impennis
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
White Tern
Gygis alba
Magellanic Penguin
Spheniscus magellanicus
Black-Browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
Short-Tailed Albatross
Phoebastria albatrus
Pelagic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Long-Tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
Snow Petrel
Pagodroma nivea
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata