Spectacled __: northern seabird Crossword Clue (2024)

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What is the big seabird in one word? ›

22 Seabirds that often follow ships : PETRELS

This behavior gives rise to the name “petrel” after the Christian Saint Peter, as “Peter” was said to have walked on the water. Included in the petrel grouping are the various species of storm petrels.

Wandering Albatross – Largest Seabird in the Americas (and World) The Wandering Albatross' massive 11-foot wingspan isn't just the widest in the Western Hemisphere — it's without peer in the world.

The correct answer is Wandering Albatross. The largest living or flying bird by wingspan is the Wandering Albatross (Diomedea Exulans family) of the sub-Antarctic oceans. The maximum dimensions in this species are a length of 1.44 m (4.7 ft) and a wingspan of 3.65 m (12.0 ft).

There are two types of baby birds: nestlings and fledglings. ... Nestling is a baby, without feathers or with pin feathers, that has not left the nest. ... Fledgling has feathers and is learning how to fly.

The universal term is “chick.” If it is an altricial type, the chick is called a “fledgling” once the true feathers have grown out and the bird is ready to leave the nest.

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What is the rarest bird in the word? ›

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis): The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is known for its large size, bill carved from ivory, and eye-catching black and white coloration. It is arguably the rarest bird in the world.

Abstract. The ratite moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) were a speciose group of massive graviportal avian herbivores that dominated the New Zealand (NZ) ecosystem until their extinction ≈600 years ago.

a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

"Offend" is a six-letter word starting with 'o' that can be associated with making someone feel bad.

The northern gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird, the largest species of the gannet family, Sulidae. It is native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, breeding in Western Europe and Northeastern North America. It is the largest seabird in the northern Atlantic.

Albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and species of the genus Diomedea (great albatrosses) have the longest wingspans of any extant birds, reaching up to 3.7 m (12 ft). The albatrosses are usually regarded as falling into four genera, but disagreement exists over the number of species.

The largest extant species of bird measured by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes).

(sibɜrd ) also sea bird. Word forms: plural seabirds. countable noun. Seabirds are birds that live near the sea and get their food from it.