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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Northern Mariana Islands. The avifauna of the Northern Mariana Islands include a total of 104 species, of which one is endemic, one has been introduced by humans and three are rare or accidental. Five species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'', 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for the Northern Mariana Islands. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories. * (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Northern Mariana Islands * (E) Endemic - a species endemic to the Northern Mariana Islands * (I) Introduced - a species introduced to the Northern Mariana Islands as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions __NOTOC__ ==Shearwaters and petrels== Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in the Northern Mariana Islands. *Streaked shearwater, ''Calonectris leucomelas'' *Wedge-tailed shearwater, ''Puffinus pacificus'' *Short-tailed shearwater, ''Puffinus tenuirostris'' *Christmas shearwater, ''Puffinus nativitatis'' *Townsend's shearwater, ''Puffinus auricularis'' *Audubon's shearwater, ''Puffinus lherminieri'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of birds of the Northern Mariana Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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