Seabirds, divers & grebes: where they live
Maps and quick facts for 38 seabirds, divers & grebes (blue-footed booby, common loon, northern gannet, anhinga, great cormorant). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show seabirds, divers & grebes on the world map
Blue-footed boobySula nebouxiiLeast concern
Common loonGavia immerLeast concern
Northern gannetMorus bassanusLeast concern
AnhingaAnhinga anhingaLeast concern
Great cormorantPhalacrocorax carboLeast concern
Snowy albatrossDiomedea exulansVulnerable
Brown pelicanPelecanus occidentalisLeast concern
Dalmatian pelicanPelecanus crispusNear threatened
Magnificent frigatebirdFregata magnificensLeast concern
Great crested grebePodiceps cristatusLeast concern
Great white pelicanPelecanus onocrotalusLeast concern
American white pelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosLeast concern
Red-footed boobySula sulaLeast concern
Brown boobySula leucogasterLeast concern
Laysan albatrossPhoebastria immutabilisNear threatened
European shagGulosus aristotelisLeast concern
Australian pelicanPelecanus conspicillatusLeast concern
White-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon lepturusLeast concern
Manx shearwaterPuffinus puffinusLeast concern
Little grebeTachybaptus ruficollisLeast concern
Southern royal albatrossDiomedea epomophoraVulnerable
Pied-billed grebePodilymbus podicepsLeast concern
Flightless cormorantNannopterum harrisiVulnerable
Red-throated loonGavia stellataLeast concernAll 38 seabirds, divers & grebes
Pelecanidae 6
- American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Australian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus
- Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Spot-billed pelican Pelecanus philippensis
Podicipedidae 6
- Black-necked grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned grebe Podiceps auritus
- Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena
Procellariidae 6
- Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Scopoli's shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Short-tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Southern giant petrel Macronectes giganteus
Diomedeidae 4
- Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Laysan albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
- Snowy albatross Diomedea exulans
- Southern royal albatross Diomedea epomophora
Sulidae 4
- Blue-footed booby Sula nebouxii
- Brown booby Sula leucogaster
- Northern gannet Morus bassanus
- Red-footed booby Sula sula
Gaviidae 3
- Black-throated loon Gavia arctica
- Common loon Gavia immer
- Red-throated loon Gavia stellata
Phalacrocoracidae 3
- European shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Flightless cormorant Nannopterum harrisi
- Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Fregatidae 2
- Great frigatebird Fregata minor
- Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens
Hydrobatidae 2
- European storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Leach's storm petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
Anhingidae 1
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
Phaethontidae 1
- White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus