Category Archive: Pelecanoididae

May 02 2013

Bird stories, Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

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It is said that when they make their nests in the dry deserts, they carry the water to their young in the vast pouches, and that the beasts of prey come there to quench their thirst, sparing the young. Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946. Birds in legend, fable and folklore. New York, London Longmans, Green and co., …

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Sep 11 2011

South Georgia Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)

[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Pelecanoididae | [latin] Pelecanoides georgicus | [authority] Murphy and Harper, 1916 | [UK] South Georgia Diving-petrel | [FR] Puffinure de Georgie du Sud | [DE] Breitschnabel-Lummensturmvogel | [ES] Potoyunco de Georgia | [NL] Zuidgeorgische Alkstormvogeltj Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pelecanoides is a peculiar group of small petrels form the …

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Sep 11 2011

Peruvian Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii)

[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Pelecanoididae | [latin] Pelecanoides garnotii | [authority] Lesson, 1828 | [UK] Peruvian Diving-petrel | [FR] Puffinure de Garnot | [DE] Garnot-Lummensturmvogel | [ES] Potoyunco Peruano | [NL] Chileens Alkstormvogeltje Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pelecanoides is a peculiar group of small petrels form the Southern Hemisphere. In appearance and superficially …

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Sep 11 2011

Magellanic Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)

[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Pelecanoididae | [latin] Pelecanoides magellani | [authority] Mathews, 1912 | [UK] Magellanic Diving-petrel | [FR] Puffinure de Magellan | [DE] Magellan-Lummensturmvogel | [ES] Potoyunco Magallanico | [NL] Magelhaenalkstormvogeltje Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pelecanoides is a peculiar group of small petrels form the Southern Hemisphere. In appearance and superficially similar …

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Sep 11 2011

Common Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)

[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Pelecanoididae | [latin] Pelecanoides urinatrix | [authority] Gmelin, 1789 | [UK] Common Diving-petrel | [FR] Puffinure plongeur | [DE] Lummensturmvogel | [ES] Potoyunco Comun | [NL] Alkstormvogeltje Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pelecanoides is a peculiar group of small petrels form the Southern Hemisphere. In appearance and superficially similar tot …

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