Garrodia nereis

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The Grey-backed Storm Petrel (Garrodia nereis) is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Garrodia which was named by William Alexander Forbes in 1881 after Alfred Henry Garrod, while the specific descriptor is an allusion to the Nereids, the sea nymphs of Greek mythology.

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  1. (c) JJ Harrison, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garrodia_nereis_1_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrodia_nereis

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