White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis) has two subspecies.White-necked Petrel often flies low over the sea, following the waves. It feeds on invertebrates such as small fish, squid and crustaceans.White-necked Petrel is a vulnerable species, and is about to become an endangered species, with a...
Mediterranean Shearwater (Scientific name: Puffinus yelkouan) Foreign name Yelkouan Shearwater, Pardela mediterránea, no subspecies. The Mediterranean Shearwater was previously considered a subspecies of the Atlantic Shearwater. After the first differentiation, it has been classified as the "M...
The Galápagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) is a small shearwater. Until recently it was considered to be a subspecies of Audubon's shearwater, but it is actually one of two members of a very ancient lineage of the small Puffinus species, the other being, as indicated by mtDNA cytochrome b se...
Short-tailed Albatross is a large seabird with no subspecies.Short-tailed Albatross usually moves alone or in pairs. Smaller groups can occasionally be seen in winter or in places where food is particularly abundant. It is good at gliding and often flies over the ocean except during th...