Pterodroma

Japanese: Pterodroma
Pterodroma

…They have a thick, medium-sized body, long wings, and a thick, short, black beak. The Pterodroma genus consists of about 25 closely related species, and breeds mainly on islands in the tropical and subtropical oceans of the Southern Hemisphere. Breeding areas are often limited to a few islands.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Pterodroma" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…体が太めで中型,翼は長く,くちばしは太くて短く黒色である。このうちシロハラミズナギドリ属Pterodromaは互いに近縁な25種あまりからなり,おもに南半球の熱帯・亜熱帯海域の島で繁殖する。繁殖地はいくつかの島に局限されていることが多い。…

※「Pterodroma」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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