snow petrel

snow petrel
A small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal-black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet.
Syn: Pagodroma, nivea

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  • snow petrel — snieginiai audrašaukliai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pagodroma angl. snow petrel vok. Schneesturmvogel, m rus. снежный буревестник, m pranc. fulmar des neiges, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – audrašaukliniai siauresnis …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • snow petrel — snieginis audrašauklis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pagodroma nivea angl. snow petrel vok. Schneesturmvogel, m rus. снежный буревестник, m pranc. fulmar des neiges, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – snieginiai… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

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  • Fulmarine petrel — Taxobox name = Fulmarine Petrels image width = 220px image caption = Northern Fulmar regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Procellariidae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Macronectes… …   Wikipedia

  • Band-rumped Storm Petrel — Madeiran Petrel redirects here. For Madeira Petrel (Pterodroma madeira), see Zino s Petrel Band rumped Storm Petrel Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …   Wikipedia

  • Storm petrel — Storm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [root]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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