| 1. | Petrels in the genus " Procellaria " are larger and have a less bounding flight.
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| 2. | The Manx shearwater was first described by Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Br�nnich as " Procellaria puffinus " in 1764.
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| 3. | Parkinson is commemorated in the common and scientific name of the Parkinson's petrel " Procellaria parkinsoni ".
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| 4. | "' Procellaria "'is a genus of Southern Ocean long-winged seabirds related to order Procellariiformes.
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| 5. | Originally described in the genus " Procellaria " it has been placed under the genus " Oceanites ".
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| 6. | Inaccessible Island is also the only known breeding ground of the Spectacled Petrel ( " Procellaria conspicillata "; IUCN Vulnerable ).
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| 7. | The Black Petrel ( " Procellaria parkinsoni " ) ranges in the Pacific Ocean, and as far north as Central America.
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| 8. | The name " Procellaria candida " was published as an alternative synonym for the entry of " Procellaria nivea ."
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| 9. | The name " Procellaria candida " was published as an alternative synonym for the entry of " Procellaria nivea ."
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| 10. | Gould described this bird in 1844, naming it Cook's petrel ( " Procellaria cookii " ) after James Cook.
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