- The
gadfly petrels or
Pterodroma are a
genus of
about 35
species of petrels, part of the
seabird order Procellariiformes. The
gadfly petrels are named...
-
Pterodroma zinorum is an
extinct species of
Pterodroma that
inhabited the
Azores Archipelago during the
Quaternary period. Rando, Juan C; Pieper, Harald;...
- Zino's
petrel (
Pterodroma madeira) or the freira, is a
species of
small seabird in the
gadfly petrel genus,
endemic to the
island of Madeira. This long-winged...
- The
Jamaican petrel (
Pterodroma caribbaea) is a
small possibly extinct seabird in the
gadfly petrel genus,
Pterodroma. It is
related to the black-capped...
- The
Bermuda petrel (
Pterodroma cahow) is a
gadfly petrel.
Commonly known in
Bermuda as the cahow, a name
derived from its
eerie cries, this
nocturnal ground-nesting...
- Fea's
petrel (
Pterodroma feae) is a
small seabird in the
gadfly petrel genus,
Pterodroma. It was
previously considered to be a
subspecies of the soft-plumaged...
- The
providence petrel (
Pterodroma solandri) is a
large and
heavy build gadfly petrel that
nests in two
locations in the
Tasman Sea: Lord Howe
Island (some...
- The
magenta petrel (
Pterodroma magentae), or
Chatham Island tāiko, is a
small seabird in the
gadfly petrel genus,
Pterodroma.
Found exclusively on Chatham...
- black-capped
petrel (
Pterodroma hasitata), also
known as the diablotín, is a
small seabird native to the West
Indies in the
genus Pterodroma. It is a long-winged...
- The white-headed
petrel (
Pterodroma lessonii), also
known as the white-headed fulmar, is a
species of
seabird in the
petrel family, Procellariidae. It...
