Archive for the ‘Procellariidae’ Category

• Zino’s petrel

  Jan 6 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1131 Views | with Comments Off on Zino’s petrel

  Zino’s petrel – Pterodroma madeira – is a small resident N Atlantic petrel of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It is Endemic to the N Atlantic island of Madeira, but its...

• Fea’s petrel

  Nov 30 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1188 Views | with Comments Off on Fea’s petrel

  Fea’s petrel – Pterodroma feae – is a small migratory Atlantic Gadfly petrel of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It has a resident population based around the Cape Verde...

• Soft-plumaged petrel

  Oct 14 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1251 Views | with Comments Off on Soft-plumaged petrel

  Soft-plumaged petrel – Pterodroma mollis – is a mid-sized resident pelagic petrel of the Southern Temperate oceans of the S Atlantic, S Indian and SW Pacific, also where it breeds on remote Temperate islands. It is of...

• Atlantic petrel

  Oct 14 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1251 Views | with Comments Off on Atlantic petrel

  Atlantic petrel – Pterodroma incerta – is a powerful migratory Atlantic petrel, of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It breeds on Gough Island in the remote S Atlantic and in...

• Short-tailed shearwater

  Oct 9 | Shearwaters, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1292 Views | with Comments Off on Short-tailed shearwater

  Short-tailed shearwater – Ardenna tenuirostris – is a dark long winged migratory Australian/Pacific shearwater, of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It breeds along the coasts...

• Cape petrel

  Mar 23 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1379 Views | with Comments Off on Cape petrel

  Cape petrel – Daption capense – is a medium sized pelagic seabird of the Southern Oceans, it is of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It breeds on islands around the Antarctic...

• Trindade petrel

  Mar 23 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1370 Views | with Comments Off on Trindade petrel

  Trindade petrel – Pterodroma arminjoniana – is a medium sized pelagic Atlantic/Indian Ocean gadfly petrel of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It is a largely Atlantic species...

• Tahiti petrel

  Mar 23 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1394 Views | with Comments Off on Tahiti petrel

  Tahiti petrel – Pseudobulweria rostrata – it is a medium sized pelagic species of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It is found in the Tropical Pacific Ocean and is pelagic...

• Streaked shearwater

  Mar 23 | Shearwaters, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1494 Views | with Comments Off on Streaked shearwater

  Streaked shearwater – Calonectris leucomelas – is a large pelagic W Pacific shearwater of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It breeds on islands off E Asia but spends the rest of...

• Northern fulmar

  Sep 10 | Fulmars, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1828 Views | with Comments Off on Northern fulmar

  The Northern Fulmar – Fulmarus glacialis – is an abundant mid-sized sub-Arctic species of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. Typically found in the sub-Arctic Atlantic and Pacific...