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Fea's petrel, the Glossary

The Fea's petrel (Pterodroma feae) is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma.^[1]

37 relations: Ancient Greek, Association of European Rarities Committees, Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda petrel, Binomial nomenclature, Bird nest, BirdLife International, Bugio Island, Cape Verde, Desertas Islands, Desertas petrel, Early Pleistocene, Egg, Emu (journal), Endangered species, First voyage of James Cook, Fogo, Cape Verde, Gadfly petrel, Genus, Gull, Ibis (journal), James Cook, Leonardo Fea, Nocturnality, Ocean, Petrel, Plankton, Santiago, Cape Verde, Santo Antão, Cape Verde, São Nicolau, Cape Verde, Seabird, Soft-plumaged petrel, Subspecies, Sydney Parkinson, Tabanidae, Tommaso Salvadori, Zino's petrel.
Birds of Cape Verde
Endemic birds of Cape Verde
Pterodroma

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Association of European Rarities Committees

The Association of European Rarities Committees is a co-ordinating and liaison body for the bird rarities committees of Europe and other nearby countries.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Bermuda petrel

The Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) is a gadfly petrel. Fea's petrel and Bermuda petrel are Pterodroma.

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In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Bird nest

A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Bugio Island

Bugio Island (Ilha do Bugio) — is one of the three islands of the Portuguese Desertas Islands archipelago, a small chain of islands in the Madeira Islands Archipelago of Macaronesia.

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Cape Verde

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.

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Desertas Islands

The Desertas Islands (Ilhas Desertas,, "Deserted Islands") are a small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the larger Portuguese Madeira Archipelago.

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Desertas petrel

The Desertas petrel (Pterodroma deserta) is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus which breeds on Bugio Island in the Desertas off Madeira. Fea's petrel and desertas petrel are Pterodroma.

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Early Pleistocene

The Early Pleistocene is an unofficial sub-epoch in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, representing the earliest division of the Pleistocene Epoch within the ongoing Quaternary Period.

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Egg

An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

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Emu (journal)

Emu, subtitled Austral Ornithology, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of BirdLife Australia (formerly the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union).

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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First voyage of James Cook

The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS ''Endeavour'', from 1768 to 1771.

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Fogo, Cape Verde

Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde in the central Atlantic Ocean.

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Gadfly petrel

The gadfly petrels or Pterodroma are a genus of about 35 species of petrels, part of the seabird order Procellariiformes. Fea's petrel and gadfly petrel are Pterodroma.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gull

Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari.

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Ibis (journal)

Ibis (formerly The Ibis), subtitled the International Journal of Avian Science, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the British Ornithologists' Union.

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James Cook

Captain James Cook (– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.

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Leonardo Fea

Leonardo Fea (Turin 24 July 1852 – Turin 27 April 1903) was an Italian explorer, zoologist, painter, and naturalist.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Ocean

The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.

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Petrel

Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.

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Plankton

Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).

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Santiago, Cape Verde

Santiago (Portuguese for “Saint James”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population.

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Santo Antão, Cape Verde

Santo Antão (Portuguese for "Saint Anthony") is the northwesternmost island of Cape Verde.

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São Nicolau, Cape Verde

São Nicolau (Portuguese for Saint Nicholas) is one of the Barlavento (Windward) islands of Cape Verde.

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Seabird

Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment.

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Soft-plumaged petrel

The soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. Fea's petrel and soft-plumaged petrel are Pterodroma.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Sydney Parkinson

Sydney Parkinson (1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist.

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Tabanidae

Horse-flies and deer flies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera.

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Tommaso Salvadori

Count Adelardo Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti (30 September 1835 – 9 October 1923) was an Italian zoologist and ornithologist.

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Zino's petrel

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. Fea's petrel and Zino's petrel are Pterodroma.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fea's_petrel

Also known as Cape Verde Petrel, Fea's Soft-plumaged Petrel, P. feae, Pterodroma feae, Pterodroma mollis feae.

Fea's petrel, the Glossary

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See also

Birds of Cape Verde

Endemic birds of Cape Verde

Pterodroma

References