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Birds of North America

Seabirds

Anhingidae, Alcids, Diomedeidae, Fregatidae, Hydrobatidae, Laridae, Pelecanidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Procellariidae & Sulidae

Lives, Habitats & Pictures of the Seabirds


A male Forster's Tern in breeding plumage flying over Hillman's Marsh with an impaled  minnow on its' bill,  near Leamington, Ontario, Canada

Most seabirds at one time or another can be seen flying along coastlines or overland, some by choice and others pushed off course by bad weather and strong winds. There are those such as the albatrosses, that you might have a better opportunity of seeing, from a boat or a ship.

The birds and the bird species identified above, are a general summary of the seabirds of North America. There is hybridizing among the species which creates sub-species, which should be identified on an individual basis and there are others that may be vagrants from the surrounding continents.


Here is a list of each bird type and the number of species in each family;

# Bird Name # Bird Name
3Albatrosses1Anhinga
6 Auklets4 Boobies
6Cormorants1 Dovekie
1Frigatebird1Fulmar
1Gannet2 Guillemots
25Gulls3Jaegers
2Kittiwakes6Murrelets
2Murres2 Noddies
2Pelicans3 Puffins
1Razorbill10 Shearwaters
1Skimmer2Skuas
8Storm-Petrels15 Terns
2Tropicbirds   



Click on the bird names listed below to see pictures of Seabirds

North American Seabirds
Anhinga Cormorants Frigatebird Gannet Guillemot
Gulls Kittiwakes Murres Noddies Northern Fulmar
Pelicans Puffins Razorbill Skimmer Terns

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