Procellariiformes Introduction - White-Chinned Petrel, Sooty Albatross, Antarctic Petrel, Fulmar Prion, Slender-Billed Prion (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 163. Not illustrated. Chapters: White-Chinned Petrel, Sooty Albatross, Antarctic Petrel, Fulmar Prion, Slender-Billed Prion, Short-Tailed Shearwater, Black-Vented Shearwater, Pseudobulweria, North Atlantic Little Shearwater, Pink-Footed Shearwater, Flesh-Footed Shearwater, Fiji Petrel, Juan Fernandez Petrel, Atlantic Petrel, Townsend's Shearwater, Hutton's Shearwater, Great-Winged Petrel, Streaked Shearwater, Fork-Tailed Storm-Petrel, Galapagos Petrel, Kerguelen Petrel, Cook's Petrel, Gould's Petrel, Providence Petrel, Jamaica Petrel, List of Fulmarine Petrels, Hydrobatinae, Stejneger's Petrel, Mottled Petrel, Polynesian Storm-Petrel, Oceanitinae, Oceanodroma, Heinroth's Shearwater, Henderson Petrel, Saint Helena Shearwater, Murphy's Petrel, Large Saint Helena Petrel, Tahiti Petrel, Common Diving-Petrel, Grey-Backed Storm-Petrel, Collared Petrel, South Georgia Diving-Petrel, Lava Shearwater, Mascarene Petrel, Black-Bellied Storm-Petrel, Soft-Plumaged Petrel, Pycroft's Petrel, Black-Winged Petrel, Kermadec Petrel, White-Bellied Storm-Petrel, de Filippi's Petrel, Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel, Jouanin's Petrel, Markham's Storm-Petrel, Small Saint Helena Petrel, Parkinson's Petrel, Fluttering Shearwater, Oceanites, White-Headed Petrel, Wedge-Rumped Storm-Petrel, Fregetta. Excerpt: The White-chinned Petrel or Cape Hen, Procellaria aequinoctialis, is a large shearwater in the family Procellariidae. It ranges around the Southern Oceans as far north as South Australia, Peru and Namibia, and breeds colonially on scattered islands. The White-chinned Petrel is a member of the Procellaria genus, and in turn is a member of the Procellariidae family, and the Procellariiformes order. As a member of the Procellariiformes, they share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns. Althoug...