Seabirds of India
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Ardenna carneipes
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: NT
Persian Shearwater
Puffinus persicus
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: NT
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Barau's Petrel
Pterodroma baraui
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: EN
Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: NT
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Fregetta grallaria
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma monorhis
Hydrobatidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: NT
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Indian Cormorant
Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: VU
Slender-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus genei
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Brown-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Pallas's Gull
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
White-eyed Gull
Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
White-cheeked Tern
Sterna repressa
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
Stercorariidae (Skuas, Jaegers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
Stercorariidae (Skuas, Jaegers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Stercorariidae (Skuas, Jaegers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
Stercorariidae (Skuas, Jaegers)
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
Phaethontidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
Phaethontidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
Phaethontidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
Fregatidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Christmas Island Frigatebird
Fregata andrewsi
Fregatidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: CR
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
Fregatidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
Sulidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
Sulidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
Sulidae
Global IUCN Red List Category: LC
