: a bird (such as a gull or an albatross) frequenting the open ocean
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 19 Apr. 2025
Most of what scientists understand about the animal has come from dead or dying specimens found within the stomachs of whales and seabirds, or as predators of toothfish that are harvested and caught for human consumption, Bolstad said.
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If sardines disappear, so too do the countless species that depend on them—from seabirds to sharks to the very predators that drive them into these jaw-dropping, hypnotic spirals.
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As Ciancio and his colleagues note in the paper, most seabirds—Magellanic penguins included—only breed in colonies on small offshore islands, or occasionally in rugged cliffsides on the mainland.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 19 Apr. 2025
Most of what scientists understand about the animal has come from dead or dying specimens found within the stomachs of whales and seabirds, or as predators of toothfish that are harvested and caught for human consumption, Bolstad said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
If sardines disappear, so too do the countless species that depend on them—from seabirds to sharks to the very predators that drive them into these jaw-dropping, hypnotic spirals.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
As Ciancio and his colleagues note in the paper, most seabirds—Magellanic penguins included—only breed in colonies on small offshore islands, or occasionally in rugged cliffsides on the mainland.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Seabird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seabird. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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seabird
noun
sea·bird
ˈsē-ˌbərd 
: a bird (as a gull or an albatross) that lives on or near the open ocean
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