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Cook’s petrel

(Pterodroma cookii)

Description

The Cook's petrel (blue-footed petrel) (Pterodroma cookii),is a Procellariform seabird.It is a member of the gadfly petrels and part of the subgroup known as Cookilaria petrels,which includes the very similar Stejneger's petrel.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Procellariidae
Genus:Pterodroma
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