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Black-browed Albatross

Animals; Birds

The Black-browed Albatross or Black-browed Mollymawk,(3) Thalassarche melanophrys, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae, and it is the most widespread and common albatross.

Black-capped Petrel

Animals; Birds

The Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma.

Atlantic Petrel

Animals; Birds

The Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta) is a gadfly petrel endemic to the South Atlantic Ocean. It breeds in enormous colonies on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island.

Providence Petrel

Animals; Birds

The Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri) is a species that burrows in one location; isolated Lord Howe Island, some 800km from the Australian mainland in the Tasman Sea.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Animals; Birds

The Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla, is a very small shorebird. Their breeding habitat is the southern tundra in Canada and Alaska near water.

Western Sandpiper

Animals; Birds

The Western Sandpiper, Calidris or Erolia mauri, is a small shorebird. Their breeding habitat is on tundra in eastern Siberia and Alaska.

Sanderling

Animals; Birds

The Sanderling (Calidris alba, syn. Crocethia alba(1) or Erolia alba) is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South ...

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