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Hydrobatidae
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Noun1.Hydrobatidae - storm petrels
family Hydrobatidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
order Procellariiformes, Procellariiformes - petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels
storm petrel - any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
genus Hydrobates, Hydrobates - type genus of the Hydrobatidae
genus Oceanites, Oceanites - a genus of Hydrobatidae
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North Wales had a fair pick of the action: Balearic shearwaters were seen from the Little Orme, Bull Bay, Point Lynas, Porth Ysgaden and Holy Island; sooty shearwaters from Point of Ayr, Point Lynas, Porth Ysgaden, North Stack and Bardsey Island; two European storm-petrels and a Sabine's gull from Porth Ysgaden.
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