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[[File:Halobaena_caerulea_in_flight_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg|thumb|Blue petrel.]]'''Petrels''' are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order ''Procellariiformes''. | [[File:Halobaena_caerulea_in_flight_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg|thumb|Blue petrel.]]'''Petrels''' are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order ''Procellariiformes''. | ||
The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group (except the albatross family, Diomedeidae). | The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group (except the albatross family, Diomedeidae). | ||
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All the members of the order are exclusively pelagic in distribution — returning to land only to breed. | All the members of the order are exclusively pelagic in distribution — returning to land only to breed. | ||
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* [[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels]] (SOEP) - an interspecies organization of [[stomach oil (nonfiction)]]-exporting petrels | * [[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels]] (SOEP) - an interspecies organization of [[stomach oil (nonfiction)]]-exporting petrels | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrel Petrel] @ Wikipedia.com | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrel Petrel] @ Wikipedia.com | ||
Revision as of 20:55, 22 June 2016
Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.
The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group (except the albatross family, Diomedeidae).
Having a fossil record that was assumed to extend back at least 60 million years, the Procellariiformes was long considered to be among the older bird groupings, other than the ratites, with presumably distant ties to penguins and loons.
However, recent research and fossil finds such as Vegavis show that the Galliformes (pheasants, grouse and relatives), and Anseriformes (ducks, geese) are still not fully resolved.
All the members of the order are exclusively pelagic in distribution — returning to land only to breed.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
- Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels (SOEP) - an interspecies organization of stomach oil (nonfiction)-exporting petrels
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Petrel @ Wikipedia.com