Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesubclass Neognathae — thepetrels ,shearwaters ,albatrosses , etc. Formerly known as Tubinares.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A common ancestry for penguins and tubenoses (Procellariiformes) has been suggested by the presence of tubular nostrils in fossil penguins and in the extant Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor).
Penguins 2010
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All birds (n = 26) in the five species of Procellariiformes had 'top' and 'low' gears for wing flapping.
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However, our study of living Procellariiformes as model animals suggests that if pterosaurs larger than 41 kg (or 5. 1-m wingspan) had the narrow wings, they could not have attained sustainable flight in environments similar to the present.
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Procellariiformes may be able to keep themselves airborne indefinitely without flapping their wings, if the surrounding air is moving
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katsufumi Sato et al. 2009
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The slow sporadic flapping of Procellariiformes during cruising flight is required to accelerate the birds 'flight speed when wind conditions are unfavourable.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katsufumi Sato et al. 2009
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All birds (n = 26) in the five species of Procellariiformes had 'top' and 'low' gears for wing flapping.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katsufumi Sato et al. 2009
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Procellariiformes may be able to keep themselves airborne indefinitely without flapping their wings, if the surrounding air is moving
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(Procellariiformes), observed in South Georgia and its vicinity.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katsufumi Sato et al. 2009
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Breeding seabirds of the Azores comprise 5 species of Procellariiformes, 4 Charadriiformes, and 1 Pelecaniform, and include Fea's petrel (Pterodroma feae), Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis baroli) and two temporally-segregated forms of band-rumped storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro).
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(Procellariiformes) has been suggested by the presence of tubular nostrils in fossil penguins and in the extant Little Penguin (
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