- The
prions (/ˈpraɪɒn/) or
whalebirds are
small petrels in the
genera Pachyptila and Halobaena. They form one of the four
groups within the Procellariidae...
- The blue
petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a
small seabird in the
shearwater and
petrel family, Procellariidae. This
small petrel is the only
member of the...
- ,
although /ˈpraɪɒn/, as the
homographic name of the bird (prions or
whalebirds) is pronounced, is also heard. In his 1982
paper introducing the term...
-
Pachyptila and the
closely related blue petrel.
Often known in the past as
whalebirds,
three species have
large bills filled with
lamellae that they use to...
- blue petrel)
makes up the
polyphyletic traditional tribe of
prions (or
whalebirds).
Prions are
small petrels in the
order Procellariiformes which share...
- broad-billed dove-petrel, long-billed prion,
common prion, icebird, and
whalebird. The broad-billed
prion was
described in 1777 by the
German naturalist...
-
Young Men's
Christian ****ociation. Jane
presented a
dabchick and two
whalebirds to the
Auckland Institute in 1870.
Thomas Kirk paid £2 to Mrs
Yandle for...
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Cowley Elizabeth Fuller Scholastic 2001
Picture Books Sydney and the
Whalebird David Elliot Random House 2001
Picture Books After the War Bob Kerr Mallinson...
- craft—steel tugs and barges. He
built a
welded aluminum fishing boat, the
Whalebird, and
fished with it for five years. He
invented an
apparatus that baited...
