Archive for the ‘Petrels’ Category

• Zino’s petrel

  Jan 6 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 475 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 | 522 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 | 588 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 | 584 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...

• Cape petrel

  Mar 23 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 712 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 | 703 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 | 731 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...

• Bulwer’s petrel

  Sep 10 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1104 Views | with Comments Off on Bulwer’s petrel

  The Bulwer’s Petrel – Bulweria bulwerii – is a small Tropical Petrel of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It is found in all the Tropical Oceans, but one population closest...

• Jouanin’s petrel

  May 29 | Petrels, Shearwaters+ | Little Stint | 1167 Views | with No Comments

  The Jouanin’s petrel – Bulweria fallax  is a medium sized seabird of the Petrel and Shearwater family Procellariidae. It is a resident of the NW Indian Ocean. In the AWB Region it is found offshore of Somalia...