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Storm-petrels

Order: ProcellariiformesLeach's Storm-Petrel

Family: Hydrobatidae

21 species

HABITAT AND RANGE:

Oceans worldwide;

DESCRIPTION:

Bill slender, grooved, hooked; nostrils tubular, single opening forward; wings long; tail moderately long; hallux minute

FOOD:

Surface feeders; flapping flight

BREEDING:

Burrow nesters

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