Petrel

Petrels have a fossil record that extends back at least 60 million years, it is among the oldest bird groupings. They are characterised by a united nostrils with medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. It is dominant in the Southern Oceans, but not so in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Source

Edric Vredenburd and Rose Yeatman Woolf, Bird Life, Reptiles and Etc.. (London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, 1913) 26

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