Appendix 3 Table 3-20 Pelagic Seabirds
Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Table 3-20 PELAGIC SEABIRDS
2025 WAP Revision Species of Greatest Conservation Need Priority
*AMBCC Level of Concern (2014)
Common Name
Scientific Name
Family
High
Razorbill Dovekie
Alca torda
Alcidae Alcidae
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Alle alle
Medium Cory’s Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea Fratercula arctica Morus bassanus Oceanites oceanicus Oceanodroma castro Oceanodroma leucorhoa Onychoprion anaethetus Onychoprion fuscatus Phaethon lepturus Phalaropus fulicarius Pterodroma arminjoniana
Procellariidae
High High
Atlantic Puffin
Alcidae Sulidae
Northern Gannet
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Wilson’s Storm-petrel
Hydrobatidae Hydrobatidae Hydrobatidae
Medium Band-rumped Storm-petrel Medium Leach’s Storm-petrel
Low Bridled Tern Low Sooty Tern
Laridae Laridae
Low White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethontidae Scolopacidae Procellariidae Procellariidae Procellariidae Procellariidae Procellariidae Procellariidae Procellariidae Procellariidae Stercorariidae Stercorariidae Stercorariidae
Medium Red Phalarope
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Herald (Trindade) Petrel
E
E
High
Bermuda Petrel
Pterodroma cahow Pterodroma feae Pterodroma hasitata
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Fea’s Petrel
E
E
High
Black-capped Petrel
Medium Great Shearwater
Puffinus gravis Puffinus griseus
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Sooty Shearwater
High
Audubon’s Shearwater
Puffinus lherminieri Puffinus puffinus
Medium Manx Shearwater
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Long-tailed Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius pomarinus
E
E
High
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
Laridae
*Marine Bird Species Priority List (July 2014) was developed by the Atlantic Marine Bird Conservation Cooperative for State Wildlife Action Planning Process.
Available online https://atlanticmarinebirds.org/resources/priority-species-list/
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