Calonectris

Japanese: Calonectris
Calonectris

…(4)Shearwaters are the group with the most developed flying abilities, with slender bodies, long, slender wings, and long, slender beaks. The genus Calonectris has developed advanced flying abilities, with one species distributed at each end of Eurasia, and the eastern one is the Calonectris leucomelas (illustration), endemic to the Japanese archipelago. They breed in large colonies on islands near the Japanese coast. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(4)ミズナギドリ類(英名shearwater)はもっとも飛翔力を発達させたグループで,体は細く,細長い翼をもち,くちばしも細長い。高度の飛翔力を発達させたのはオオミズナギドリ属Calonectrisで,ユーラシアの両端にそれぞれ1種が分布し,東のものは日本列島特産のオオミズナギドリC.leucomelas(イラスト)である。日本近海の島々で大きな集団をつくって繁殖している。…

※「Calonectris」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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