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{{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Gadfly Petrels}}
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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''Gadfly Petrels'''</th></tr>
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⚫ 30, see text.
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The '''gadfly petrels''' are ]s in the ] order ]. These medium to large ]s feed on food items picked from the ocean surface. The '''gadfly petrels''' are ]s in the ] order ]. These medium to large ]s feed on food items picked from the ocean surface.


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Template:Taxobox begin Template:Taxobox image Template:Taxobox begin placement Template:Taxobox regnum entry Template:Taxobox phylum entry Template:Taxobox classis entry Template:Taxobox ordo entry Template:Taxobox familia entry Template:Taxobox genus entry Template:Taxobox end placement Template:Taxobox section subdivision 30, see text. Template:Taxobox end The gadfly petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. These medium to large petrels feed on food items picked from the ocean surface.

The short, sturdy bills of the 30 Pterodroma species in this group are adapted for soft prey taken at the surface; they have twisted intestines for digesting marine animals which have unusual biochemistries.

Their complex wing and face marking are probably for interspecific recognition.

These birds nest in colonies on islands and are pelagic when not breeding. One white egg is laid usually in a burrow or on open ground. They are nocturnal at the breeding colonies.

The species are:

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