procellariiform

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procellariiform (plural procellariiforms)

  1. Any seabird of the order Procellariiformes
    • 2015 July 16, “Stop and Smell the Pollen: The Role of Olfaction and Vision of the Oriental Honey Buzzard in Identifying Food”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      For example, procellariiform species initially use olfaction to detect a prey’s location and then use vision for prey capture [21, 22 ].