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1753:Wikispecies
1686:Thalassoica
1648:Procellaria
1610:Macronectes
1572:Calonectris
1501:Pelagodroma
1464:Oceanitidae
1419:Phoebastria
1363:Diomedeidae
1320:Marinavidae
1265:Lonchodytes
1173:Madrynornis
1149:Aptenodytes
1129:Platydyptes
1115:Pachydyptes
1108:Mesetaornis
1041:Arthrodytes
848:Crossvallia
785:Petradyptes
765:Orthopteryx
745:Muriwaimanu
695:Arthrodytes
619:albatrosses
373:Muriwaimanu
323:, in 1980.
321:New Zealand
36:62–60
1829:Categories
1662:Pterodroma
1641:Primodroma
1617:Pachyptila
1589:Eopuffinus
1541:Aphrodroma
1521:Hydrobates
1426:Phoebetria
1412:Notoleptos
1385:Diomedavus
1375:Aldiomedes
1306:Rupelornis
1194:Spheniscus
1187:Pygoscelis
1180:Megadyptes
978:Tasidyptes
958:Perudyptes
825:Wimanornis
805:Tonniornis
775:Pakudyptes
755:Nucleornis
650:Neognathae
609:Genera of
565:Images of
400:References
317:Canterbury
1624:Pagodroma
1603:Halobaena
1494:Oceanites
1436:Plotornis
1329:Marinavis
1255:Kievornis
1163:Eudyptula
1011:Eretiscus
888:Icadyptes
630:Kingdom:
394:dinosaurs
376:in 2018.
339:Etymology
311:near the
300:Discovery
294:great auk
260:Paleocene
254:of early
160:Kingdom:
154:Eukaryota
31:Paleocene
1738:Wikidata
1679:Puffinus
1596:Fulmarus
1565:Bulweria
1480:Garrodia
1473:Fregetta
1402:Murunkus
1392:Diomedea
1276:Makahala
1156:Eudyptes
908:Inkayacu
735:Kupoupou
725:Kumimanu
638:Chordata
636:Phylum:
632:Animalia
611:penguins
524:18583609
479:89744522
444:16533822
364:holotype
328:holotype
174:Chordata
170:Phylum:
164:Animalia
150:Domain:
130:holotype
1799:3600111
1786:1025600
1773:4844859
1759:Waimanu
1744:Q138638
1729:Waimanu
1579:Daption
1548:Ardenna
918:Kairuku
815:Waimanu
654:Clade:
642:Class:
615:petrels
567:Waimanu
532:6472805
504:Bibcode
495:Science
390:Neoaves
386:Waimanu
345:Waimanu
305:Waimanu
282:Waimanu
256:penguin
247:Waimanu
208:Waimanu
200:Genus:
190:Order:
180:Class:
128:of the
105:↓
25:Waimanu
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898:Inguza
878:Korora
715:Kaiika
617:, and
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1781:IRMNG
1453:Tydea
528:S2CID
475:S2CID
349:Māori
315:, in
252:genus
250:is a
1768:GBIF
858:Dege
644:Aves
520:PMID
440:PMID
356:manu
326:The
290:loon
184:Aves
44:PreꞒ
512:doi
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