: a bird (such as a gull or an albatross) frequenting the open ocean
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The event lasted four years and led to changes in salmon and sea turtle migration routes, as well as a record toxic algae outbreak that impacted crab fishing, seabird mortalities, whale entanglements and sea lion babies.
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Li Cohen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
In addition to hitting South America, the virus has devastated seabird colonies in Europe, followed migratory birds south into Africa and jumped the Atlantic Ocean to infect even the regal California Condor.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2024
Some mass whale strandings have been linked to sound pollution, while plastic pollution has been linked to mortality in albatrosses, large migratory seabirds.
—Angela Dewan, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
But Mona also teems with life: flowering cactuses, swirling flocks of seabirds, orchids and iguanas and frogs found nowhere else on Earth.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
More than 500 common guillemots - seabirds related to penguins and puffins - have been found dead along the French Atlantic coast since the year began, French League for Birds has estimated.
—Reuters, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
Microplastics have become a pervasive source of pollution across the Earth—these tiny fragments have settled in the deep sea and on Mount Everest, stuck inside volcanic rocks, filled the guts of seabirds and even fallen in fresh Antarctic snow.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Every year, thousands of marine seabirds are caught in fishing gear from all the seas and oceans of the planet, from longlines to nets.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Doing the albatross dance Caruso, Cullinane and the others were treated to a show by the albatross – the seabirds’ mating dance.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
Li Cohen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
In addition to hitting South America, the virus has devastated seabird colonies in Europe, followed migratory birds south into Africa and jumped the Atlantic Ocean to infect even the regal California Condor.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2024
Some mass whale strandings have been linked to sound pollution, while plastic pollution has been linked to mortality in albatrosses, large migratory seabirds.
—Angela Dewan, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
But Mona also teems with life: flowering cactuses, swirling flocks of seabirds, orchids and iguanas and frogs found nowhere else on Earth.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
More than 500 common guillemots - seabirds related to penguins and puffins - have been found dead along the French Atlantic coast since the year began, French League for Birds has estimated.
—Reuters, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
Microplastics have become a pervasive source of pollution across the Earth—these tiny fragments have settled in the deep sea and on Mount Everest, stuck inside volcanic rocks, filled the guts of seabirds and even fallen in fresh Antarctic snow.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Every year, thousands of marine seabirds are caught in fishing gear from all the seas and oceans of the planet, from longlines to nets.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Doing the albatross dance Caruso, Cullinane and the others were treated to a show by the albatross – the seabirds’ mating dance.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
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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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