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Many species of gull will feed on seabird and sea mammal carrion when the opportunity arises, as will giant petrels. Some species of albatross also engage in scavenging: an analysis of regurgitated squid beaks has shown that many of the squid eaten are too large to have been caught alive, and include mid-water species likely to be beyond the ...
The albatrosses are a family of 21 species of large seabird found across the Southern and North Pacific Oceans. The largest are among the largest flying birds in the world. Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship ritual. Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis NT; Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes NT
A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, ... List of species. Genus Sula – Brisson, 1760 – six species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
Breeding seabird populations face a growing list of threats, including climate change impacts, overfishing and entanglement in fishing gear. Five seabird species added to UK’s ‘red list’ for ...
The skuas / ˈ s k juː ə / are a group of predatory seabirds with seven species forming the genus Stercorarius, the only genus in the family Stercorariidae.The three smaller skuas, the Arctic skua, the long-tailed skua, and the pomarine skua, are called jaegers in North American English.
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.