Petrel
see also: Etymology of Petrel
The petrels are a group of birds of sea, of the family of the Procellariidé S, measuring at the adulthood between 45 and 60 cm and weighing approximately 700 grams. They can live up to 30 years.
Their habitat is located at the North-West of the Europe and the north of the Canada. Adapted well cold, one finds them in the polar regions.
List species
- giant Petrel. Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin 1789).
- Petrel of Hall. Macronectes halli Mathews 1912.
- Petrel the Antarctic. Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin 1789).
- Petrel of snows. Pagodroma nivea (Forster, G 1777).
- white Petrel. Pagodroma (nivea) confusa .
- Petrel of Kerguelen. Aphrodroma (Lugensa) brevirostris (Lesson 1831).
- Petrel of Bourbon. Pterodroma (Pseudobulweria) aterrima (Bonaparte 1857).
- Petrel of Beck. Pterodroma (Pseudobulweria) becki Murphy 1928.
- Petrel of Tahiti. Pterodroma (Pseudobulweria) rostrata (Peale 1848). <
- Petrel of the Fiji. Pterodroma (Pseudobulweria) macgillivrayi (Gray, GR. 1860).
- Petrel of Chatham. Pterodroma axillaris (Salvin 1893).
- Petrel with black wings. Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild 1893).
- Petrel with white collar. Pterodroma cervicalis (Salvin 1891).
- Pterodroma occulted Imber, MJ & Tennyson, AJD 2001.
- Petrel mackled. Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster, JR 1844).
- Petrel of Bonin. Pterodroma hypoleuca (Salvin 1888).
- Petrel of Gould. Pterodroma will leucoptera (Gould 1844).
- Petrel of Cook. Pterodroma cookii (Gray, GR. 1843).
- Petrel of Pycroft. Pterodroma pycrofti Falla 1933.
- Petrel with collar. Pterodroma brevipes (Peale 1848).
- Petrel of Defilippe. Pterodroma defilippiana (Giglioli & Salvadori 1869)
- Petrel of Stejneger. Pterodroma longirostris (Stejneger 1893).
- Petrel with white chest. Pterodroma alba (Gmelin 1789).
- Petrel hérault. Pterodroma heraldica (Salvin 1888).
- Petrel of the Trinity of the South. Pterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioli & Salvadori 1869).
- Pterodroma atrata Mathews 1912.
- Petrel of Hawaii. Pterodroma sandwichensis (Ridgway 1884).
- Petrel of Galapagos. Pterodroma phaeopygia (Salvin 1876).
- Petrel of Kermadec. Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel 1863).
- Petrel of Juan Fernandez. Pterodroma externa (Salvin 1875).
- Petrel of Barau or Lug mainsail. Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin 1964).
- Petrel of Murphy. Pterodroma ultima Murphy 1949.
- Petrel of Solander. Pterodroma solandri (Gould 1844).
- black Petrel. Pterodroma will macroptera (Smith, has 1840).
- Petrel of Magenta. Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori 1868).
- Petrel of Lesson. Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot 1826).
- Petrel of Madeira. Pterodroma will madeira Mathews 1934.
- Pétrel gongon. Pterodroma feae (Salvadori 1899).
- silky Petrel. Pterodroma weakened (Gould 1844).
- Petrel of Schlegel. Pterodroma incerta (Schlegel 1863).
- Petrel of Bermuda. Pterodroma cahow (Nichols & Mowbray 1916).
- Petrel imp. Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl 1820).
- Petrel of Jamaica. Pterodroma (hasitata) caribbaea .
- Petrel of Bulwer. Bulweria bulwerii (Gardens & Selby 1828).
- Petrel of Jouanin. Bulweria fallax Jouanin 1955.
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