ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
ALBATROSSES
Albatross Species
Albatross Habits
Laysan Albatross
Wandering Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
The Sooty Albatross
THE PETRELS
Petrel Species
Petrel Behavior
Petrel Distribution
Fulmars
Fulmar Species
Fulmar Behavior
Distribution of Fulmars
Cape Petrel
Dove Petrels
Shearwaters
Shearwater Description
Black-capped Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
Stormy Petrels
Least Petrel
Leach's Petrel
Wilson's Petrel
Sea-nymph
White-faced Petrel
THE DIVING PETRELS
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS
Least Petrel
Very closely related is the Least Petrel (Halocyplena micro-soma), found along the Pacific coast from Lower California to Panama, the sole representative of its genus. It is only about five and three quarters inches long, and differs from the last mainly in possessing a rounded tail and in the absence of the white rump.
It is a rare bird, and but little is known of its habits beyond the fact that it nests on San Benito, a small rocky island some fifty miles off the coast of the peninsula, placing its pearly white egg on the bare rock, in the crevices of rocky ledges, or among the loose stones.
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