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Procellariiformes
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Birds of Vietnam by Order
This is a list of bird species in Vietnam by order.
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Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families:
- the albatrosses,
- the petrels
- and shearwaters,
- and two families of storm petrels.Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, procellariiforms are often referred to collectively as the petrels, a term that has been applied to all members of the order, or more commonly all the families except the albatrosses.
The name Procellariiformes comes from Latin, combining procella (meaning "storm" or "gale") with -formes (meaning "shape" or "form"), literally "storm-shaped" or "storm-like," fitting these seabirds' reliance on wind for flight, and refers to their stormy habitats and powerful wings.