order Procellariiformes


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Related to order Procellariiformes: order Ciconiiformes, order Pelecaniformes, Tubinares
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Noun1.order Procellariiformes - petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels
Procellariiformes
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
procellariiform seabird - large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas
Diomedeidae, family Diomedeidae - albatrosses
family Procellariidae, Procellariidae - petrels; fulmars; shearwaters;
family Hydrobatidae, Hydrobatidae - storm petrels
family Pelecanoididae, Pelecanoididae - diving petrels
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This species belongs to the order Procellariiformes, the same group as albatrosses, shearwaters, and fulmars.
Status and Conservation Efforts of Ashy Storm on the Farallon Islands
In the albatross group (order Procellariiformes) there is also an emphatic sweep through the scapulars during their sexual display ("scapular action," Marchant and Higgins 1990).
Penguins, petrels, and parsimony: does cladistic analysis of behavior reflect seabird phylogeny?
All of the studied birds belong to the order Procellariiformes, and have unusually large areas in their brains responsible for smell.
Certain seabirds drawn by the smell of food

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