page_title: List of threatened birds of Brazil
section_title: Ordem Procellariiformes (petrels)
hierarchical_section_title: List of threatened birds of Brazil / Threatened birds of Brazil - ICMBio (2014) / Ordem Procellariiformes (petrels)
caption_attribution_description: The Spectacled Petrel is a member of the Procellaria genus, and in turn is a member of the Procellariidae family, and the Procellariiformes order. As a member of the Procellariiformes, they share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns. Although the nostrils on the Prion are on top of the upper bill. The bills of Procellariiformes are also unique in that they are split into between 7 and 9 horny plates. They produce a stomach oil made up of wax esters and triglycerides that is stored in the proventriculus. This is used against predators as well as an energy rich food source for chicks and for the adults during their long flights.Finally, they also have a salt gland that is situated above the nasal passage and helps desalinate their bodies, due to the high amount of ocean water that they imbibe. It excretes a high saline solution from their nose. In 2004, BirdLife International split the Spectacled Petrel, Procellaria conspicillata, from the White-chinned Petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis, which had been considered conspecific or even a color morph.
context_page_description: Brazil has more than 1900 birds species, and according to Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation and Ministry of the Environment, there are 240 species and subspecies of Brazilian birds enlisted as threatened species, 6 as extincts and two as extinct in the wild. the Brazilian definition uses the same criteria and categories of IUCN. Among the 33 bird orders which occurs in Brazil, 22 has threatened species. The passerines, besides being the most diverse order in Brazil, is also the order with most species on Brazilian red list, immediately before the Parrots. The Brazilian Northeast, notably in Atlantic forest and Caatinga, has the most number of endemic and threatened birds, and two of them, the Alagoas curassow and the Spix's macaw, has been considered extinct in the wild. The "Pernambuco Center" of endemism presents many critically endangered species due the intense destruction of the Atlantic forest. Some species might be extinct in Brazil, like the Glaucous macaw and the Eskimo curlew.
  The actual list of threatened species was published in Diário Oficial da União, on December 17, 2014.
context_section_description: Family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
  Diomedea dabbenena (Tristan albatross) CR  - ICMBio status CR
  Diomedea epomophora (Southern royal albatross) VU  - ICMBio status VU
  Diomedea exulans (Wandering albatross) VU  - ICMBio status CR
  Diomedea sanfordi (Northern royal albatross) EN  - ICMBio status EN
  Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross) EN  - ICMBio status EN
  Família Procellariidae (petrels)
  Procellaria aequinoctialis (White-chinned petrel) VU  - ICMBio status VU
  Procellaria conspicillata (Spectacled petrel) VU  - Estado ICMBio VU
  Pterodroma arminjoniana (Trindade petrel) VU  - ICMBio status CR
  Pterodroma deserta (Desertas petrel) VU  - ICMBio status CR
  Pterodroma incerta (Atlantic petrel) EN  - ICMBio status EN
  Pterodroma madeira (Zino's petrel) EN  - ICMBio status EN
  Puffinus lherminieri (Audubon's shearwater) LC  - ICMBio status CR
caption: The Spectacled petrel (Procellaria conspicillata) is a vulnerable species.
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