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Southern storm petrels | Oceanitidae
Zuidelijke stormvogeltjes | Paíños australes
Small seabirds that breed in the Southern Hemisphere. Compared with the northern storm petrels they have shorter, rounded wings and relatively long legs that project beyond the tail in flight. They flutter low over the water and appear to walk on the surface with their feet while picking up plankton and small fish. After breeding many species cross the equator and spend the northern summer on the open sea of the Northern Hemisphere.
Native species 1 species
Species that occur here by nature: breeding birds, winter visitors and passage migrants. They are arranged by genus, in the sequence of the list.
