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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Procellariidae .
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Millions of seabirds use the island, including storm petrels (Oceantidae), sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus), broad-billed prions (Pachyptila vittata), and the critically endangered Chatham petrel which breeds only on Rangatira.
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Once very abundant on Amsterdam and Saint-Paul, Pachyptila salvini macgillivrayi, with its distinct wide blue beak, has significantly decreased in number on Amsterdam Island.
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Pachyptila desolata, is capable of olfactory partner recognition, the first report of this ability in a bird species
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Pachyptila desolata, are also able to recognize and follow the odour of their partner in a Y-maze.
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Pachyptila desolata, are also able to recognize and follow the odour of their partner in a Y-maze.
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Macgillivray’s race of Salvin’s prion (Pachyptila salvini macgillivrayi) is an subspecies endemic to the ecoregion with less than 200 breeding pairs.
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