family of birds of the order Procellariiformes (or tubenoses) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds. It is made up of the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes (or tubenoses), which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.
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Cape Petrel Daption capense | |
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Family: | Procellariidae Leach, 1820 |
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[[List of Procellariidae|14 genera and about 70 species]] |
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