White-faced Storm-Petrel
Pelagodroma marina

Family | Southern Storm-Petrels |
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This pallid little seabird is sometimes found by birders who take boat trips far offshore from our southern Atlantic Coast. It flies low with an odd rocking motion, wings held out to the sides, dropping its long legs repeatedly to push off against a wave with its feet.
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Illustration © David Allen Sibley.
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Text © Kenn Kaufman, adapted from
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