Monterey Seabirds
Seabird Cruise Species List

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Species we might encounter on the Monterey Bay Whale Watch Seabird cruises

Seabirds

Brant
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon*
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross*
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater*
Black-vented Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel*
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel*
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel
Red-billed Tropicbird*
Brown Booby *
Brown Pelican
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Wandering Tattler#
Ruddy Turnstone#


  Black Turnstone#
Surfbird#
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull*
Sabine's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre*
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Xantus's Murrelet (hypoleucus)*
Xantus's Murrelet (scripsii)
Craveri's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Horned Puffin*
Tufted Puffin


# on the breakwater
* rare

Click on photo or name of bird to see enlarged photo.
Brant   Pacific Loon   Common Loon
Brant

  Pacific Loon

  Common Loon

JuvenalYellow-billed Loon   Pied-billed Grebe   Clark's Grebe
Yellow-billed Loon

  Pied-billed Grebe

  Clark's Grebe

Western Grebe   Red-necked Grebe   Laysan Albatross
Western Grebe

  Red-necked Grebe

  Laysan Albatross

Black-footed Albatross
  Short-tailed Albatross
  Northern Fulmar
Black-footed Albatross

  Short-tailed Albatross

  Northern Fulmar

Pink-footed Shearwater   Flesh-footed shearwater   Buller's Shearwater
Pink-footed
Shearwater


  Flesh-footed
Shearwater


  Buller's Shearwater

Sooty shearwater   Short-tailed shearwater   Manx Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater

  Short-tailed Shearwater
  Manx Shearwater

Ashy Storm Petrel   Black Storm Petrel   Brown Booby
Ashy Storm petrel

  Black Storm petrel   Brown Booby

Brown Pelican   Brandt's Cormorant   Pelagic Cormorant
Brown Pelican

  Brandt's Cormorant

  Pelagic Cormorant

Harlequin Duck
  Ruddy Turnstone   Black Turnstone
Harlequin Duck

  RuddyTurnstone

  Black Turnstone

Red-necked Phalaropes   Red  Phalarope   South Polar Skua
Red-necked Phalaropes

  Red Phalarope

  South Polar Skua

Pomarine Jaeger
  Parasitic Jaeger   Long-tailed Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger

  Parasitic Jaeger

  Long-tailed Jaeger

Bonaparte's Gull   Heermann's Gull   California Gull
Bonaparte's Gull

  Heermann's Gull

  California Gull

Herring Gull   Thayer's Gull   Western Gull
Herring Gull

  Thayer's Gull

  Western Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull   Glaucous Gull   Sabine's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull

  Glaucous Gull

  Sabine's Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake   Caspian Tern   Elegant Tern
Black-legged
Kittiwake


  Caspian Tern

  Elegant Tern

Common Tern   Arctic Tern   Forster's Tern
Common Tern

  Arctic Tern

  Forster's Tern

Common Murre   Pigeon Guillemot in basic plumage   Pigeon Guillemot in alternate plumage
Common Murre

  Pigeon Guillemot
in basic plumage


  Pigeon Guillemot,
alternate plumage


Marbeled Murrelet   Xantus's Murrelet   Craveri's Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet

  Xantus's Murrelet

  Craveri's Murrelet

Craveri's Murrelet   Ancient Murrelet   Cassin's Auklet
Craveri's Murrelet

  Ancient Murrelet

  Cassin's Auklet

Rhinoceros Auklet   Horned Puffin   Tufted Puffin
Rhinoceros Auklet

  Horned Puffin

  Tufted Puffin

For a large collection of additional seabird photos, visit Jeff Poklen's photo galleries.


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Marine Mammals

Blue Whale
Fin Whale
Humpback Whale
Gray Whale
Minke Whale
Baird's Beaked Whale
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Killer Whale
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin
Risso's Dolphin
  Northern Right Whale Dolphin
Long-beaked Common Dolphin
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Dall's Porpoise
Harbor Porpoise
Harbor Seal
California Sea Lion
Northern Fur Seal
Northern Elephant Seal
California Sea Otter

Click on photo or name of animal to see enlarged photo.


Blue Whale     Humpback Whale     Gray Whale
Blue Whale

    Humpback Whale

    Gray Whale

Baird's Beaked Whales     Cuvier's Beaked Whale     Killer Whale
Baird's Beaked Whales

  Cuvier's Beaked Whale

    Killer Whale
Risso's Dolphin     Northern Right Whale Dolphins     Long-beaked Common Dolphins
Risso's Dolphin
    Northern Right
Whale Dolphins


    Long-beaked
Common Dolphins


Short-beaked Common Dolphins     Dall's Porpoise     Harbor Seals
Short-beaked
Common Dolphin


    Dall's Porpoise

    Harbor Seals
Sea Lions     Northern Fur Seal     Sea Otter
Sea Lions
    Northern Fur Seal

    Sea Otter




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Last updated January 8, 2008