The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters...
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Pachyptila and Halobaena. They form one of the four groups within the Procellariidae along with the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and fulmarine petrels. The...
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This list is based on the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds list, May 2002 update, with the doubtfuls omitted. It includes the birds...
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Giant petrels form a genus, Macronectes, from the family Procellariidae, which consists of two living and one extinct species. They are the largest birds...
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or muttonbird, is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name tītī, and as muttonbird...
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(Calonectris borealis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially of rocky islands in the eastern Atlantic. Outside...
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Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds in the petrel family Procellariidae. They have a global marine distribution, but are most common in temperate...
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four extant families within the Procellariiformes order, including the Procellariidae (fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions...
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diving petrels form a genus, Pelecanoides, of seabirds in the family Procellariidae. There are four very similar species of diving petrels, distinguished...
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20th century, the family Hydrobatidae was named Procellariidae, and the family now called Procellariidae was rendered "Puffinidae." The order itself was...
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Bannerman's shearwater (Puffinus bannermani) is a seabird in the family Procellariidae formerly considered conspecific with Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus...
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(Puffinus yelkouan) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus...
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shearwater (Ardenna gravis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially on rocky islands in the south Atlantic. Outside...
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The fulmars are tubenosed seabirds of the family Procellariidae. The family includes two extant species and two extinct fossil species from the Miocene...
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There are 71 known taxa of birds endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, of which 30 are extinct, 6 possibly extinct and 30 of the remaining 48 species and subspecies...
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List of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene (section Petrels and shearwaters (family Procellariidae))
This is a list of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic...
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locally, is a medium-large shearwater, a seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde archipelago of Macaronesia in the Atlantic...
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sooty terns, shearwaters, and Procellariiformes such as the albatross, Procellariidae and petrels.[citation needed] "pelagic (adj.)". Online Etymology Dictionary...
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The Persian shearwater (Puffinus persicus) is a seabird in the family Procellariidae formerly lumped in with Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)...
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Pelecanoididae (diving petrels) Procellariidae (fulmarine petrels, gadfly petrels, prions, shearwaters)...
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soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It breeds on islands in the Southern Hemisphere, nesting on Tristan...
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(Ardenna pacifica) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as...
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(Puffinus mauretanicus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Puffinus is a Neo-Latin loanword based on the English "puffin" and...
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List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene (section Petrels and shearwaters (family Procellariidae))
This is a list of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650...
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similar in appearance to gulls, fulmars are in fact members of the family Procellariidae, which include petrels and shearwaters. The northern fulmar and its...
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thin-billed prion, is a species of petrel, a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is found in the southern oceans. The slender-billed prion was formally...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae Genus: Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856 Type species Procellaria macroptera...
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(Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters...
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shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) is a seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae. It breeds on rocky islands and on steep coasts in the Mediterranean...
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monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. Prions are members of the family Procellariidae, and the order Procellariiformes. The prions are small and typically...
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