procellariiform: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Tubinares • tubinare • Procellariiformes

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Black-browed albatross (Diomedea melanophris)

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Laysan albatross: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Short-tailed albatross chick (Diomedea albatrus).

Representative procellariiform birds in flight.

albatross flight pattern

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: albatross

Heads and feet of representative procellariiforms.

Laysan albatross skull: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Laysan albatross

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Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus).

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pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae

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Lion (panthera leo)

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turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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