gadfly petrel
pterodroma latin

The taxonomy of the gadfly petrels is being reformed at the moment.

The gadfly petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.

It is classified among the Gadfly petrels.

Gadfly petrels often feed on the wing, snapping prey without landing on the water.

It is a small gadfly petrel.

This is a solitary pelagic gadfly petrel of the open seas of the southwest Pacific.

Dipping down from flight is most commonly used by the gadfly petrels and the storm petrels.

The gadfly petrels in the genus Pterodroma are seabirds of temperate and tropical oceans.

The exceptions are the huge albatrosses, several of the gadfly petrels and shearwaters and the fulmar-petrels.

Shearwaters and other larger petrels, which have lower aspect ratio, must make more use of flapping to remain airborne than gadfly petrels.

Shearwaters are part of the family Procellariidae, which also includes fulmarine petrels, prions, and gadfly petrels.

The prions are restricted to the Southern Ocean, and the gadfly petrels are found mostly in the tropics with some temperate species.

All albatrosses, procellarids (gadfly petrels and shearwaters) and storm petrels use the oil.

Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels.

The Mascarene Petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima) is a medium-sized, dark gadfly petrel.

They form one of the four groups within the Procellariidae (also referred to as the prions), along with the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and fulmarine petrels.

The Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow, is a gadfly petrel.

The procellariid family is usually broken up into four fairly distinct groups; the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters.

Among the surface feeders some, principally the gadfly petrels, can obtain food by dipping from flight, while most of the rest feed while sitting on the water.

The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters.

The diving petrels are a clade, but within a larger clade of true petrels that also contains the gadfly petrels.

The gadfly petrels, Pterodroma, have a generally tropical and temperate distribution, whereas the fulmarine petrels are mostly polar with some temperate species.

The fulmarine petrels and some tropical gadfly petrels and shearwaters are surface nesters, as are all the albatrosses.

The absence of skuas, gulls and other predatory birds on tropical islands is why some shearwaters and two species of gadfly petrel can nest in the open.

Family Procellariidae (shearwaters, fulmarine petrels, gadfly petrels, and prions) are a varied group of small or medium-sized seabirds, the largest being the giant petrels.

Like the rest of the Pterodroma petrels the black bill is short and hooked.

This plumage does not correspond to any known Pterodroma species.

They have long been retained with the gadfly petrel genus Pterodroma despite morphological differences.

Pterodroma rupinarum.

Pterodroma neglecta.

Pterodroma sp.)

Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family.

He described Pycroft's Petrel, Pterodroma pycrofti.

Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels.

Pterodroma caribbaea, Jamaica Petrel, (possibly extinct)

Pterodroma cf. leucoptera, Mangareva Petrel, (possibly extinct)

Sea birds present include the critically endangered Northern Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis deceptornis).

The Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow, is a gadfly petrel.

Pterodroma rupinarum, Large Saint Helena Petrel, (extinct)

Zino also visited the Desertas Islands, studying the Fea's Petrels Pterodroma feae.

Chatham Island Taiko or Magenta Petrel (Pterodroma magentae) bird.

Vanuatu Petrel or Falla's Petrel, Pterodroma occulta.

Barau's Petrel, Pterodroma baraui is a medium sized gadfly petrel from the family Procellariidae.

The endemic species is the Bermuda Petrel or Cahow (Pterodroma cahow), which was thought to have been extinct since the 1620s.

The Great-winged Petrel or Grey-faced Petrel, Pterodroma macroptera, is a petrel.

An example of this can be seen on Cabbage Tree Island, Australia where the threatened Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) nests.

The Bonin Petrel and the closely related Mottled Petrel are the only Pterodroma petrels with a fish dominated diet.

The most famous Bermudian bird is the endemic Bermuda Petrel (Pterodroma cahow), or Cahow.

The Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta) is a gadfly petrel endemic to the South Atlantic Ocean.

The Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris) or Ranguru (Maori) is a medium-sized, grey, white and black gadfly petrel.