Fulmarine petrel

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Fulmarine petrels
Northern fulmar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Procellariidae
Genera
Macronectes Fulmarus Thalassoica Daption Pagodroma †Pterodromoides
Diversity
Five extant genera and seven species

The fulmarine petrels or fulmar-petrels are a distinct group of petrels within the family Procellariidae. They are the most variable of the four groups within the Procellariidae, differing greatly in size and biology. They do, however, have a unifying feature, their skull, and in particular their nasal tubes. They are predominantly found in the Southern Ocean with one species, the northern fulmar, ranging in the North Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Species[]

• Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli
• Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus
• Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis
• Southern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides
• Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica antarctica
• Cape petrel, Daption capense
• Snow petrel, Pagodroma nivea

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