: a bird (such as a gull or an albatross) frequenting the open ocean
Examples of seabird in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAlbatrosses and other seabirds are known to fly to the Midway Atoll every year to nest and raise their chicks — but Wisdom has been doing it longer than most birds, let alone albatrosses.—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024 These organisms form the basis of the Antarctic food chain, and impacts to them could in turn affect seabirds, seals, penguins and whales, per BBC News.—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024 Dinah Voyles Pulver One question keeps surfacing this month, as reports of a certain quirky and beloved seabird keep popping up along Florida's east coast: A puffin?—USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024 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.—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
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