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Peruvian Diving Petrel, Pelecanoides garnotii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Pelecanoididae G.R. Gray, 1871 Genus: Pelecanoides Lacépède, 1799
Species
Pelecanoides garnotii Pelecanoides magellani Pelecanoides georgicus Pelecanoides urinatrix Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1650x1200, 356 KB) Peruvian Diving Petrel Photo by Jaime Jahncke Taken in Peru File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Procellariiformes (from the Latin procella, a storm) is an order of birds formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English. ... George Robert Gray (July 8, 1808 - May 6, 1872) was an English zoologist and author and head of the ornithological section of the British Museum in London for forty-one years. ... Lacépède Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (December 26, 1756 – October 6, 1825) was a French naturalist. ...

The diving petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. There are four very similar species all in the family Pelacanoididae and genus Pelacanoides Lacépède, 1799. They are auk-like small petrels of the southern oceans. The resemblances with that unrelated group are due to convergent evolution, since both families feed by pursuit diving, although some researchers have in the past suggested that the similarities are due to relatedness. Amongst the Procellariiformes the diving petrels are the family most adpated to life in the sea rather than flying over it, and are generally found closer inshore than other families in the order. Of the four species two, the Peruvian Diving Petrel and the Magellanic Diving Petrel, have highly restricted ranges around South America's coasts, whilst the Common Diving Petrel and the South Georgia Diving Petrel range widely across the southern oceans, breeding on islands off New Zealand, sub-Antarctic islands in the Indian Ocean, and islands in the south Atlantic (like Tristan da Cunha. Seabirds are birds that spend much of their lives, outside the breeding season at least, at sea. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Lacépède Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (December 26, 1756 – October 6, 1825) was a French naturalist. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Genera Alle Uria Alca Pinguinus Cepphus Brachyramphus Synthliboramphus Ptychoramphus Cyclorrhynchus Aethia Cerorhinca Fratercula Auks are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. ... The petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. ... In evolutionary biology, convergent evolution describes the process whereby organisms not closely related independently acquire similar characteristics while evolving in separate and sometimes varying ecosystems. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Binomial name Pelecanoides garnotii (Lesson, 1828) The Peruvian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii is a small seabird that feeds in offshore waters in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... Tristan da Cunha is a remote island in the south Atlantic Ocean, at 37°8′ S 12°28′ W. It is a dependency of St. ...

Diving petrels are plankton feeders, taking mostly crustacean prey such as krill, copepods and amphipod shrimps, also taking small fish and squid. They have several adaptions for obtaining their prey incliude short powerful wings, a gular pouch for storing food, and their nostrils open upwards rather than forward pointing as it is in other tubenoses. Photomontage of plankton organisms Plankton are the weakly swimming but mostly drifting small organisms that inhabit the water column of oceans, seas, and bodies of freshwater. ... Classes Class Branchiopoda Subclass Phyllopoda Subclass Sarsostraca Class Remipedia Order Enantiopoda Order Nectiopoda Class Cephalocarida Order Brachypoda Class Maxillopoda Subclass Mystacocarida Subclass Copepoda Subclass Branchiura Subclass Pentastomida Subclass Tantulocarida Subclass Thecostraca Infraclass Cirripedia Class Ostracoda Order Metacopina Subclass Myodocopa Subclass Podocopa Class Malacostraca Subclass Eumalacostraca Subclass Hoplocarida Subclass Phyllocarida The... Families Euphausiidae Bentheuphausiidae Krill are shrimp-like marine invertebrate animals. ... Orders Calanoida Cyclopoida Gelyelloida Harpacticoida Misophrioida Monstrilloida Mormonilloida Platycopioida Poecilostomatoida Siphonostomatoida Copepods are small, aquatic animals living in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat, a form of plankton, specifically zooplankton, some copepods are parasitic. ... Families about 200 partial list Alpheidae Ampeliscidae Amphilochidae Ampithoidae Anisogammaridae Aoridae Artesiidae Bogideillidae Bosminidae Caprellidae Corophiidae Crangonyctidae Eusiridae Gammaridae Hadziidae Haustoriidae Iphimediidae Ischyroceridae Leucothoidae Liljeborgiidae Lysianassidae Melitidae Phoxocephalidae Sebidae Talitridae Amphipoda (amphipods) include about 4600 different species of small, shrimp_like crustaceans. ... A nostril is one of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they bifurcate to the external opening. ... Procellariiformes (from the Latin procella, a storm) is an order of birds formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English. ...

These birds nest in colonies on islands. One white egg is laid in a burrow in turf or soft soil. They are nocturnal at the breeding colonies. It has a long period of parental care (around 45 - 60 days) in the burrow, but once the chick fledges out to sea it is on its own. Orders Many - see section below. ... Fledge is the stage in a young birds life when the feathers and wing muscles are sufficiently developed for flight. ...

Diving petrels are amongst the world's most numerous birds, with Common and South Georgia Diving Petrels numbering several million pairs each. The Peruvian Diving Petrel, on the other hand, is threatened by guano extraction, introduced species and climate change, and is listed as an endangered species. The nest of the Guanay cormorant is made of guano Guano (from the Quechua wanu) is the name given to the collected droppings of seabirds and bats. ... Sweet clover (Melilotus sp. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years The term climate change is used to refer to changes in the Earths global climate or regional climates. ... The American bison numbered as few as 750 in 1890 due to extreme overhunting. ...

The four species are:

• Peruvian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii
• Magellan Diving Petrel Pelecanoides magellani
• Georgian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus
• Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix