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Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution , as the same environmental problems and feeding niches have resulted in similar adaptations.
Appearance. move to sidebar hide. In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] ...
Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help Subcategories. This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total. A ... Birds of subantarctic islands (4 C, 56 P)
[1] [2] The name is derived from the type genus Procellaria which in turn is derived from the Latin word procella meaning "storm" or "gale". [3] The type genus was named in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. [4] Procellariidae is one of families that make up the order Procellariiformes. [5]
Charadriiformes (/ k ə ˈ r æ d r i. ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /, from Charadrius, the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds.It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world.
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The birds formerly bred on Ascension Island itself, but the colonies were exterminated by feral cats introduced in 1815. The birds continued to breed on a rocky outcrop just off the shore of the island. A program conducted between 2002 and 2004 eradicated the feral cats [67] and a few birds have returned to nest on the island. [68] [69]
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