Monterey Seabirds Cruise Species List

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
Murphy's Petrel*
Hawaiian Petrel
Cook's Petrel*
Streaked Shearwater*
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Wedge-tailed 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
Franklin'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

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Brant	Pacific Loon	Common Loon

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

Western Grebe	Red-necked Grebe	Laysan Albatross

Black-footed Albatross	Short-tailed Albatross	Northern Fulmar

Murphy's Petrel	Cook's Petrel	Streaked Shearwater

Pink-footed Shearwater	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater	Sooty Shearwater	Short-tailed Shearwater

Manx Shearwater	Black-vented Shearwater	Wilson's Storm-petrel

Ashy Storm-petrel	Black Storm-petrel	Brown Booby

Brown Pelican	Brandt's Cormorant	Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant	Harlequin Duck	Surf Scoter

Red-breasted Merganser	Wandering Tattler	RuddyTurnstone

Black Turnstone	Surfbird	Red-necked Phalaropes

Red Phalarope	South Polar Skua	Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger	Long-tailed Jaeger	Bonaparte's Gull

Franklin'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

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

Marbled Murrelet	Xantus's Murrelet	Craveri's Murrelet

Craveri's Murrelet	Ancient Murrelet	Cassin's Auklet

Rhinoceros Auklet	Horned Puffin	Tufted Puffin
For a large collection of additional seabird photos, visit Jeff Poklen's photo galleries.

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Blue Whale	Fin Whale	Humpback Whale

Gray Whale	Baird's Beaked Whales	Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Killer Whale	Pacific White-sided Dolphin	Bottlenose Dolphin

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

Short-beaked Common Dolphin	Dall's Porpoise	Harbor Seal

California Sea Lion	Steller Sea Lion	Northern Fur Seal

Northern Elephant Seal	Sea Otter