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This is a list of the genera, species, and subspecies belonging to the prions, which belong to the Procellariiformes.

Pachyptila

Pachyptila turtur, fairy prion breeds on subtropical and subantarctic islands
Pachyptila belcheri, slender-billed prion breeds on Kerguelen Island, Crozet Island, Falkland Islands, and Noir Island
Pachyptila crassirostris, fulmar prion breeds on Auckland Island, Snares Island, Bounty Islands, Chatham Island, New Zealand, and Heard Island
- Pachyptila crassirostris crassirostris breeds on Snares Island, Bounty Islands, and Chatham Island, New Zealand
- Pachyptila crassirostris eatoni breeds on Heard Island and Auckland Island
Pachyptila vittata, broad-billed prion breeds on islands off of New Zealand and Tristan da Cunha group
Pachyptila desolata, Antarctic prion breeds on Crozet Island, Kerguelen Island, Macquarie Island, Auckland Island, Heard Island, Scott Island, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, and the Scotia Arc
- Pachyptila desolata desolata breeds on Crozet Island, Kerguelen Island, and Macquarie Island
- Pachyptila desolata altera breeds on Auckland Island and Heard Island
- Pachyptila desolata banksi breeds on South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, Scott Island, and the Scotia Arc
Pachyptila salvini, Salvin's prion breeds on Prince Edward Islands and Crozet Island
Pachyptila macgillivrayi, MacGillivray's prion breeds on St. Paul Island and Gough Island

Halobaena

Halobaena caerulea, blue petrel breeds on islands in the southern Subantarctic islands and the islands off the coast of Cape Horn

Footnotes

Maynard, B. J. (2003)
^ Clements, J. (2007)
Shepherd, Lara D.; Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Miskelly, Colin M. (2024-02-08). "Mitochondrial DNA structuring of Antarctic prions (Pachyptila desolata, Procellariidae)". Tuhinga. 35: 1–9. doi:10.3897/tuhinga.35.115090. ISSN 2253-5861.
"RSPB recruit island wardens". BBC News. 27 April 2023.

References

Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
Maynard, B. J. (2003). "Shearwaters, petrels, and fulmars (procellariidae)". In Hutchins, Michael (ed.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 123–127. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.