- petrel - relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
--1 is a kind of pelagic bird, oceanic bird
--1 is a member of Procellariidae, family Procellariidae
--1 has particulars:white-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis; giant petrel, giant fulmar, Macronectes giganteus; fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis; shearwater; storm petrel