Procellariidae
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]] | |
Procellariidae Media
Photo of a giant petrel in flight
To take off this Christmas shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) must face into a strong wind. In calm conditions it must run in order to obtain a high airspeed.
Photo of a flock of shearwaters in flight
Photo of a broad-billed prion on land
Photo of a great shearwater in flight
Photo of a pair of Christmas shearwaters on land under vegetation
Photo of a pair of northern fulmar on a rock
Photo of a Bonin petrel chick covered with both feathers and down
Photo of a sooty shearwater in flight
Northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) flocking at a long-lining vessel in the north Pacific
