seabird
Coastal avian dweller
A seabird is any bird that lives primarily on or near the ocean and depends on it for food.
Albatrosses, puffins, pelicans, and gulls are seabirds.
Most nest in coastal colonies and spend much of their lives over open water: Seabirds wheeled above the fishing boats.
Long-winged oceanic bird
- penguinFlightless aquatic southern bird
- pelicanPouch-throated waterbird
- gannetPlunge-diving marine bird
- cormorantFish-diving seabird
puffin · tern · fulmar · shearwater · kittiwake · guillemot · murre · auk
Vertical rock wall
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- rookeryCommunal bird nesting site
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- guanoAccumulated bird droppings
nesting · tidepools · rocky · seashore · saltmarsh · estuary · kelp · dunes
Bird's lightweight covering
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
- webbed feetSkin-connected toes for swimming
- billAmount owed, written
waterproofing · salt gland · preening · molt · down · flight feathers · keel · hollow bones
Entering water deliberately
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- squidTen-armed marine mollusk
- krillSmall marine crustaceans
- scavengingGathering discarded or dead material
regurgitation · bycatch · trawler · offal · crustaceans
Long-distance migratory seabird
- flywaysAerial migration corridors
- breeding groundsSites where species reproduce
- long-distanceAcross great distances
- navigationDetermining position and course
stopover · transoceanic · pelagic · hemispheric · seasonal · fledging · tracking · endurance
albatross
Long-winged oceanic bird
- penguinFlightless aquatic southern bird
- pelicanPouch-throated waterbird
- gannetPlunge-diving marine bird
cormorant · puffin · tern · fulmar · shearwater · kittiwake · guillemot · murre · auk · petrel
cliff
Vertical rock wall
guano · nesting · tidepools · rocky · seashore · saltmarsh · estuary · kelp · dunes · lighthouse
feathers
Bird's lightweight covering
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
- webbed feetSkin-connected toes for swimming
bill · waterproofing · salt gland · preening · molt · down · flight feathers · keel · hollow bones
diving
Entering water deliberately
scavenging · regurgitation · bycatch · trawler · offal · crustaceans
arctic tern
Long-distance migratory seabird
- flywaysAerial migration corridors
- breeding groundsSites where species reproduce
- long-distanceAcross great distances
navigation · stopover · transoceanic · pelagic · hemispheric · seasonal · fledging · tracking · endurance
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- bird typessongbird, raptor, waterfowl, shorebird, gamebird
- atoll lifecoral sand, reef shark, parrotfish, clownfish, giant clam
- island ecologyoceanic islands, endemic species, archipelago, archipelagos, atoll