10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREY-FACED PETREL»
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
[Grey-faced petrel is recorded in New Zealand from 1871 onwards.] The blackish-
brown oceanic bird Pterodroma macroptera (fam. Procellariidae), or its
subspecies P. m. gouldi which has a grey face and breeds in New Zealand. The
other ...
2
The Animals of New Zealand: An Account of the Dominion's ...
... Shearwater Pink-footed Shearwater Tasmanian Mutton Bird New Zealand
Mutton Bird 4. Brown Petrel Silver Grey Petrel White-chinned Petrel Black Petrel
Grey-faced Petrel White-headed Petrel Black-winged Petrel Black-capped Petrel
...
Frederick Wollaston Hutton, James Drummond, 2011
This is a tale that was bound to end badly, but it depicts the close bond that can
exist between a pair of mated geese. grey-faced petrel Grey-faced petrel couples
(Pterodroma macroptera gouldi), like many penguin pairs, spend most of their ...
4
The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand
... Chatham petrel White-naped petrel Providence petrel Cook's petrel Mottled
petrel White-headed petrel Grey-faced petrel Chatham Island taiko Kermadec
petrel Black-winged petrel Pycroft's petrel Unnamed Chatham petrel Little
shearwater ...
T. H. Worthy, Richard N. Holdaway, 2002
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Southern Albatrosses and Petrels: An Identification Guide
"I *1 Great-winged (Grey-faced) Petrel *Plate 8 A / Pterodroma macroptera 102/
41. A long-winged, blackish-brown petrel with a stout, black bill and dark feet. Tail
long and slightly wedge-shaped. P. m. macroptera has a pale area about the ...
Peter C. Harper, F. C. Kinsky, Cleveland Duval, 1978
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Beaks: possibly 1 pair from a grey-faced petrel. Whale I. DESCRIPTION. The
species has been described in detail by Young (1972), except for the beaks. A
pair of beaks (Fig. 7B) in good condition from a grey-faced petrel has typical
gonatid ...
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
BT Dwellings-Alabama Grey crane USE Common crane Grey-crowned rosy finch
USE Gray-crowned rosy finch Grey Cup BT Canadian football-Awards Grey
duiker USE Sylvicapra grimmia Grey-faced petrel USE Great-winged petrel Grey
...
Library of Congress, 2006
Passerina cyanea (Indigo Bunting), 47f, 283 Pauraque: see Nyctidromus
albicollis Pelagodroma macroptera (Grey-faced Petrel), 236 P. marina (White-
faced Storm-petrel), 202 f Pelecanoides urinatrix (Common Diving- petrel), 203f
Penguin ...
Val Nolan Jr., Ellen D. Ketterson, Charles F. Thompson, 2000
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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia
Pterodromamacroptera DISTRIBUTION: Gough, Tristan da Cunha, Amsterdam,
Crozet, Kerguelen and Prince Edward Islands, and Vagrant Length: 43 cm
Wingspan: 104cm islands off Western Australia; another subspecies (Grey-faced
Petrel ...
Robert Burton, John Croxall, 2012
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Issues in Global Environment: Freshwater and Marine ...
Individual seabirds (Sooty Shearwater, Pink-footed Shearwater, Hawaiian Petrel,
Grey-faced Petrel, and Black-footed Albatross) all traveled predominantly with
oblique, isotropic crossing to quartering tail-winds (i.e., 105-165A degrees in ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREY-FACED PETREL»
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grey-faced petrel is used in the context of the following news items.
Conservation Dogs to the Rescue!
At the same time I was also able to survey the three islands for the presence of returning grey-faced petrel who have just finished their courtship ... «National Geographic, Jun 15»
Working hard to preserve seabirds
For five seasons, up to 76 grey-faced petrel chicks were introduced to artificial burrows and fed until they fledged, with about 90 per cent flying ... «Hawke's Bay Today, Sep 14»
A Winter of Mouse Eradications
Grey-faced petrel were found breeding on both islands during the mouse eradications. Elsewhere in the country, eradication of mice occurred ... «National Geographic, Sep 14»
Nesting success for sanctuary's petrels
Cape Sanctuary is celebrating the success of a programme to re-establish a seabird nesting site, after waiting six years for the grey-faced petrel ... «Hawke's Bay Today, Jul 14»
Return of the Grey-Faced Petrel
The grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera gouldii), which is a sub-species of IUCN 'Least Concern', numbering in the hundreds of ... «NatGeo News Watch, May 14»
In search of the elusive petrel
Stretching into a burrow, Rayner, a University of Auckland seabird biologist, emerges with a scrappy grey-faced petrel. "Careful," he warns the ... «New Zealand Herald, Jan 12»
Pest eradication pays off
Outdoor speakers send out bird calls to draw grey-faced petrel to encourage natural arrivals. The introduction of some birdlife may need ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Dec 11»
