| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 |
Little shearwater | Indo-West Pacific | 30 |
| Puffinus auricularis Townsend, 1890 |
Townsend's shearwater | Pacific Ocean and Western Central Atlantic | 35 |
| Puffinus baroli Bonaparte, 1857 |
Macaronesian shearwater | Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Puffinus boydi Mathews, 1912 |
Cape Verde little shearwater | Eastern Central Atlantic | |
| Puffinus bulleri Salvin, 1888 |
Buller's shearwater | Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic | 46 |
| Puffinus carneipes Gould, 1844 |
Flesh-footed shearwater | Indo-Pacific | 45 |
| Puffinus gavia (Forster, 1844) |
Fluttering shearwater | Pacific Ocean | 36 |
| Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) |
Greater shearwater | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and the Arctic | 53 |
| Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) |
Sooty shearwater | Circumglobal | 46 |
| Puffinus heinrothi Reichenow, 1919 |
Heinroth's shearwater | Western Central Pacific | 27 |
| Puffinus huttoni Matthews, 1912 |
Hutton's shearwater | Southwest Pacific | 38 |
| Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839 |
Audubon's shearwater | Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific | 30 |
| Puffinus mauretanicus Lowe, 1921 |
Balearic shearwater | Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean | 40 |
| Puffinus nativitatis Streets, 1877 |
Christmas shearwater | Pacific Ocean and Western Central Atlantic | 38 |
| Puffinus newelli Henshaw, 1900 |
Newell's shearwater | Pacific Ocean | 35 |
| Puffinus opisthomelas Coues, 1864 |
Black-vented shearwater | Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic | 38 |
| Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789) |
Wedge-tailed shearwater | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean | 46 |
| Puffinus persicus Hume, 1872 |
Persian shearwater | Western Indian Ocean | |
| Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) |
Manx shearwater | Antarctic, Atlantic and the Mediterranean | 38 |
| Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1836) |
Short-tailed shearwater | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea and the Arctic | 43 |
| Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) |
Levantine shearwater | Europe - inland waters; Mediterranean and Black Sea | 37 |