ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PINTADO PETREL
Portuguese: past participle of pintar to paint, referring to the mottled coloration.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINTADO PETREL»
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A General History of Birds
9— PINTADO PETREL. Procellaria Capensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 822. Lin. i. 213. Am. Ac.
iv. p. 240. Gm. Lin. i. 565. Osb. It. p. 76. Id. Voy. 109. Borotcsk. iii. p. 37. Petrella
Pintada, Pintado Bird, Bartr. Trav. 293. Procellaria nsevia, Bris. vi. 146. Id. 8vo. ii.
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The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa
ANTARCTIC PETREL Thalassoica antarctica (20) 40-46 cm Vaguely resembles
Pintado Petrel but lacks the chequered back and has a broad white stripe on
each wing. The head is dark and the white tail narrowly tipped with black.
Ian Sinclair, P. A. R. Hockey, 2005
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The Falklands & South Georgia Island
Snow petrels are nervous at the nest and will desert their eggs if overly disturbed.
Cape Petrel (Daption capense) The Cape petrel's speckled appearance gives it
its other common name, pintado petrel - pintado means 'painted' in Spanish.
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Newman's Birds of Southern Africa
Resembles Pintado Petrel (overleaf) but is larger, lacks white patches and
checkering on the upperwings; has instead broad white area on trailing edge of
upperwings. From below is white with brown head, bold brown leading edge to
wings ...
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New Zealand Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide
There are a number of slightly smaller petrels, the most striking of which is the
cape pigeon or pintado petrel (Daption capense), with its attractive black-and-
white pattern on the upperwing; pintado means 'painted' in Spanish. Several
other ...
PINTADO PETREL (CAPE PIGEON) The pintado petrel nests in four general
areas on Haswell Island (Figure 5) from sea level to the summit, but it seems to
prefer large flat spaces and wide ledges to more precipitous slopes. One such
site on ...
National Academy of Sciences
PINTADO PETREL (CAPE PIGEON) The pintado petrel nests in four general
areas on Haswell Island (Figure 5) from sea level to the summit, but it seems to
prefer large flat spaces and wide ledges to more precipitous slopes. One such
site on ...
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
10 Nov 1821(62°6'S, 58°7'W) The Literary Gazette andjournal ofBelles Lettres
quoted in Polar Record (1946) 4(32) Jul: 391. From the Bay (George's Bay) in
which our countrymen first pinnipedophage pintadoAlso pintado petrel.
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Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and ...
Pintado, or pintado petrel. — Variegated with white and Jjrown, and sometimes
with yellowish and brown ; bill and legs black ; temples white and black. Size of
the kittiwake ; length 14 "inches. This is the pintado bird of Dampier, the white
and ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, James Millar, 1810
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Field Guide to the Eastern and Southern Cape Coasts
Along this part of the southern African coast, yellow-nosed albatross, southern
giant petrel, white-chinned petrel and sooty shearwater are recorded regularly
throughout the year. Pintado petrel, European storm petrel and Wilson's storm
petrel ...
Roy Lubke, Irene J. De Moor, 1998
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Runner-up: Wildlife category Skimming the Waves – Pintado Petrel (Southern Ocean near Antarctica) by Bill Klipp. 5. Winner: Icon category ... «The Independent, Feb 13»
