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Oceanic Birds

The oceanic birds, as opposed to coastal birds, are marine birds that only come to land in order to nest, spending all the internuptial period in the high-seas.

Two of the most threatened oceanic...

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Zinos Petrel

Common name: Zinos Petrel

Scientific name: Pterodroma madeira (Mathews, 1934)

Family: Procelariidae

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Feas's Petrel

Common name: Feas's Petrel.

Scientific name: Pterodroma feae (Mathews, 1934)

Family: Procelariidae

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Atlantic Cory's shearwater

Common name: Atlantic Cory's shearwater

Scientific name: Calonectris diomedea borealis (Cory, 1881)

Family: Procelariidae

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