Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Very small petrels. Wings long. Tail square-shaped with white coverts. Plumage mostly black but sometimes white on abdomen. Legs long, project beyond tail-tip. Feet with yellow webs. Bill short with nasal tubes half the length of the culmen.
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
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- Lorna Depew [email]
