Procellariiformes comes from the Latin word procella which means a violent wind or a storm, and iformes which is added to symbolize order.

The Southern Royal Albatross is one of the largest of the Procellariiformes

For almost all species the need to breed is the only reason that Procellariiformes return to land at all.

Exotic species introduced to the remote breeding colonies is also a threat to all types of Procellariiformes.

DNA evidence has confirmed common ancestry for all Procellariiformes, however, the taxonomy within the order is complex and fluctuating.

Hydotherikornis oregonus ( Described by Miller in 1931 ), the oldest purported alcid from the Eocene of California, is actually a petrel ( as reviewed by Chandler in 1990 ) and is reassigned to the tubenoses ( Procellariiformes ).

While Hesperornis is not thought to have left descendants, the earliest modern seabirds also occurred in the Cretaceous, with a species called Tytthostonyx glauconiticus, which seems allied to the Procellariiformes and / or Pelecaniformes.

The Procellariiformes are unusual amongst birds in having a strong sense of smell, which is used to find widely distributed food in a vast ocean, and possibly to locate their colonies.

Pachyptila is a genus of seabirds in the family Procellariidae and the order Procellariiformes.

As with the other Procellariiformes, a single egg is laid by a pair in a breeding season ; if the egg fails, then usually no attempt is made to relay ( although it happens rarely ).

While this English translation of the bird's name may be ornithologically incorrect ( the Russian burevestnik refers to many Procellariiformes species, but not to any Hydrobatidae ), it is poetically appropriate, as burevestnik literally means " the announcer of the storm ".

This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes ( or tubenoses ), which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.

Eopuffinus from the Late Paleocene is sometimes placed in the Procellariidae, but even its placement in the Procellariiformes is quite doubtful.

Like all Procellariiformes, the procellariids have a characteristic tubular nasal passage which is used for olfaction.

The diet of the procellariids is the most diverse of all the Procellariiformes, as are the methods employed to obtain it.

Natal philopatry, the tendency of a bird to breed close to where it hatched, is strong amongst all the Procellariiformes.

The European Storm Petrel or Storm Petrel ( Hydrobates pelagicus ) is a small bird of the storm-petrel family, Hydrobatidae, part of the seabird order Procellariiformes.

It is rather likely, however, that this phenomenon also occurs in other members of the Procellariiformes, which all have a rather long lifespan compared to their size.

It is also found in the stomach oil of birds in the order Procellariiformes.

Procellariiformes ( from the Latin procella, a storm ) is an order of birds formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English.

The Antarctic Petrel is the only known species in the genus Thalassoica, and is a member of the Procellariidae family, and the Procellariiformes order.

In Russian, many petrel species from the Hydrobatidae and Pelecanoididae families of the order Procellariiformes are known as burevestnik, which literally means ' the announcer of the storm '.

* Birds in the order Procellariiformes.

The most pelagic species, mainly in the ' tubenose ' order Procellariiformes, are great wanderers, and the albatrosses of the southern oceans may circle the globe as they ride the " roaring forties " outside the breeding season.

Mollymawks are albatrosses in the Diomedeidae family and Procellariiformes order, which also includes shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels.

As members of Procellaridae and then the order Procellariiformes, they share certain traits.

Storm petrels are seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes.

The diving petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.

Amongst the Procellariiformes the diving petrels are the family most adapted to life in the sea rather than flying over it, and are generally found closer inshore than other families in the order.

Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.

The gadfly petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.

According to the famous DNA hybridization study into avian phylogenetic relationships by Sibley and Ahlquist, the split of the Procellariiformes into the four families occurred around 30 million years ago ; a fossil bone often attributed to the order, described as the genus Tytthostonyx, has been found in rocks dating around the Cretaceous – Paleogene boundary ( 70-60 mya ), but the remains are too incomplete for placement within the Procellariiformes to be certain.

The fulmars are in turn a member of the order Procellariiformes, and they all share certain identifying features.

Waved Albatrosses are a type of Albatross that belong to Diomedeidae family and come from the Procellariiformes order, along with shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels.

Mollymawks are a type of Albatross that belong to Diomedeidae family and come from the Procellariiformes order, along with shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels.

Black-footed Albatrosses are a type of Albatross that belong to Diomedeidae family and come from the Procellariiformes order, along with shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels.

Mollymawks are a type of Albatross that belong to Diomedeidae family and come from the Procellariiformes order, along with Shearwaters, Fulmars, Storm-petrels, and Diving-petrels.

Accordingly, the radical and influential Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy greatly enlarged the Ciconiiformes, adding many more families, including most of those usually regarded as belonging to the Sphenisciformes ( penguins ), Gaviiformes ( divers ), Podicipediformes ( grebes ), Procellariiformes ( tubenosed seabirds ), Charadriiformes, ( waders, gulls, terns and auks ), Pelecaniformes ( pelicans, cormorants, gannets and allies ), and the Falconiformes ( diurnal birds of prey ).

Namely, other recent authors have considered loons to share a rather close relationship with seabirds such as penguins ( Sphenisciformes ), tubenoses ( Procellariiformes ), waders ( Charadriiformes ) – and perhaps the newly-discovered clade Mirandornithes which unites grebes ( Podicipediformes ) and their closest living relatives, the flamingos ( Phoenicopteriformes ).

Accordingly, the radical and influential Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy greatly enlarged the Ciconiiformes, adding many more families, including most of those usually regarded as belonging to the Sphenisciformes ( penguins ), Gaviiformes ( divers ), Podicipediformes ( grebes ), Procellariiformes ( tube-nosed seabirds ), Charadriiformes, ( waders, gulls, terns and auks ), Pelecaniformes ( pelicans, cormorants, gannets and allies ), and the Falconiformes ( diurnal birds of prey ).

" However, by convention all of the Sphenisciformes and Procellariiformes, all of the Pelecaniformes except the darters, and some of the Charadriiformes ( the skuas, gulls, terns, auks and skimmers ) are classified as seabirds.

The giant petrels, uniquely for Procellariiformes, will feed on land, eating the carrion of other seabirds and seals.

These birds are not truly pelagic seabirds like the related Procellariiformes, and usually stay rather close to the coasts.

Loomis was interested in seabirds ( especially Procellariiformes ), and hired Beck to collect in Monterey Bay, the Channel Islands, and the Revillagigedo Islands of Mexico, while he waited for his Colombia permits.

They come from the Procellariiformes order, which are referred to as tube-nosed seabirds, due to their unique nose structure.

This Petrel will feed on krill, squid, and offal in coastal and pelagic waters, and unlike most other Procellariiformes, this bird will eat carrion and even attack smaller seabirds.