- List of Procellariidae
The
taxonomy of theProcellariidae , or procellariids, is complex and still a matter of some debate. The traditional taxonomy breaks the procellariids into four main groups, thefulmarine petrel s, the prions, thegadfly petrel s and theshearwater s. Recent studies have called this arrangement into question.__TOC__
Traditional taxonomy
This traditional taxonomy is based upon Carboneras (1992) in the
Handbook of the Birds of the World .Fulmarine petrel s
*"Macronectes "
*"Fulmarus "
*"Thalassoica "
*"Daption "
*"Pagodroma "Gadfly petrel s
*"Pterodroma "
*"Bulweria "Prions
*"Halobaena "
*"Pachyptila "Shearwater s
*"Procellaria "
*"Calonectris "
*"Puffinus "Revised taxonomy
Based on Austin (1996), Bretagnolle "et al." (1998), Nunn & Stanley (1998) and Brooke (2004), several changes have been made from the more traditional taxonomy. The two species in the genus "
Bulweria " are no longer considered close to the rest of thegadfly petrel s; several more gadfly petrels are removed from "Pterodroma " and placed in "Pseudobulweria " (allied to the shearwaters), and theKerguelen Petrel is also removed from "Pterodroma" and placed in the monotypic "Lugensa ". Several taxa are also elevated to species status on the basis of newer studies.Fulmarine petrel s
*"Macronectes "
**Northern Giant Petrel , "M. halli"
**Southern Giant Petrel , "M. giganteus"
*"Fulmarus "
**Northern Fulmar , "F. glacialis"
**Southern Fulmar , "F. glacialoides"
*"Thalassoica "
**Antarctic Petrel , "T. antarctica"
*"Daption "
**Cape Petrel , "D. capense"
*"Pagodroma "
**Snow Petrel , "P. nivea"Prions
*"Halobaena "
**Blue Petrel "H. caerula"
*"Pachyptila "
**Fairy Prion , "P. turtur"
**Slender-billed Prion , "P. belcheri"
**Fulmar Prion , "P. crassirostris"
**Broad-billed Prion , "P. vittata"
**Antarctic Prion , "P. desolata"
**Salvin's Prion , "P. salvin"Procellarine petrels
*"Procellaria "
**White-chinned Petrel , "P. aequinoctialis"
**Spectacled Petrel , "P. conspicillata"
**Westland Petrel , "P. westlandica"
**Black Petrel , "P. parkinsoni"
**Grey Petrel , "P, cinerea"
*"Bulweria "
**Bulwer's Petrel , "B. bulwerii"
**Jouanin's Petrel , "B. fallax"
**St Helena Bulwer's Petrel , "B. bifax" (extinct )Shearwater s
*"Calonectris "
**Cory's Shearwater , "C. (diomedea) borealis "
***Scopoli's Shearwater, "C. (diomedea) diomedea"
**Cape Verde Shearwater , "C. edwardsii"
**Streaked Shearwater , "C. leucomelas "
*"Puffinus "
* (Sub)Genus "Puffinus" ("Puffinus" group) - smaller species, closely related to "Calonectris"
**Christmas Shearwater , "P. nativatis "
**Galápagos Shearwater , "P. subalaris"
**Fluttering Shearwater , "P. gavia "
**Hutton's Shearwater , "P. huttoni "
**Yelkouan Shearwater , "P. yelkouan "
**Balearic Shearwater , "P. mauretanicus "
**Little Shearwater , "P. assimilis "
**Heinroth's Shearwater , "P. heinrothi "
**Audubon's Shearwater , "P. lherminieri "
***North Atlantic Little Shearwater , "P. (lherminieri) baroli"
*** Persian Shearwater, "P. (lherminieri) persicus"
***Tropical Shearwater or Baillon's Shearwater, "P. (lherminieri) bailloni"
*** Bannerman's Shearwater, "P. (lherminieri) bannermani"
**Manx Shearwater , "P. puffinus "
**Black-vented Shearwater , "P. opisthomelas "
**Townsend's Shearwater , "P. auricularis "
**Hawaiian Shearwater , "P. newelli"
**Bermuda Shearwater , "P. parvus" (extinct )
* (Sub)Genus "Ardenna" ("Neonectris" group) - larger species, a distinct lineage
**Pink-footed shearwater , "P. creatopus"
**Flesh-footed Shearwater , "P. carneipes"
**Great Shearwater , "P. gravis "
**Sooty Shearwater , "P. griseus "
**Short-tailed Shearwater or Mutton bird, "P. tenuirostris "
**Wedge-tailed Shearwater , "P. pacificus "
**Buller's Shearwater , "P. bulleri "
*"Pseudobulweria "
**Fiji Petrel " P. macgillivrayi"
**Tahiti Petrel , " P. rostrata"
**Beck's Petrel , " P. becki"
**Mascarene Petrel , " P. aterrima"
**St Helena Petrel , "P. rupinarum" (extinct )
*"Lugensa "
**Kerguelen Petrel , " Lugensa brevirostris"Gadfly petrel s
*"Pterodroma "
**Barau's Petrel , " P. baraui"
**Trinidade Petrel , " P. arminjoniana"
*** Herald Petrel, "P. (arminjoniana) heraldica"
**Juan Fernandez Petrel , " P. externa"
**Kermadec Petrel , " P. neglecta"
**Galapagos Petrel , " P. phaeopygia"
**Hawaiian Petrel , "P. sandwichensis"
**Henderson Petrel , "P. atrata"
**Phoenix Petrel , " P. alba"
**Fea's Petrel , " P. feae"
**Zino's Petrel or Madeira Petrel, " P. madeira"
**Soft-plumaged Petrel , " P. mollis"
**Bermuda Petrel , " P. cahow"
**Black-capped Petrel , " P. hasitata"
**Jamaica Petrel , "P. caribbaea" (probablyextinct )
**Atlantic Petrel , " P. incerta"
**White-headed Petrel , " P. lessonii"
**Magenta Petrel , " P. magentae"
**Great-winged Petrel , "P. macroptera"
**Providence Petrel , " P. solandri"
**Murphy's Petrel , " P. ultima"
**Mottled Petrel , " P. inexpectata"
**Pycroft's Petrel , " P. pycrofti"
**Stejneger's Petrel , " P. longirostris"
**Collared Petrel , " P. brevipes"
**Gould's Petrel , " P. leucoptera"
** Mangareva Petrel, "P." cf. "leucoptera" (possiblyextinct )
**Cook's Petrel , " P. cookii"
**Mas a Tierra Petrel , " P. defilippiana"
**Bonin Petrel , " P. hypoleuca"
**White-necked Petrel , " P. cervicalis"
**Falla's Petrel , "P. occulta"
**Black-winged Petrel , " P. nigripennis"
**Chatham Petrel , " P. axillaris"An undescribed prehistorically extinct species was found on
Easter Island . For other non-Recent extinctions, see the genus accounts.References
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* Bretagnolle, V., Attié, C., Pasquet, E., (1998): Cytochrome-"b" evidence for validity and phylogenetic relationships of "Pseudobulweria" and "Bulweria" (Procellariidae). "Auk" 115(1):188-195 [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v115n01/p0188-p0195.pdf PDf fulltext]
* Brooke, M. (2004): "Albatrosses and Petrels Across the World". Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-850125-0
* Carboneras, C. (1992): Family Procellariidae (Petrels and Shearwaters). "In:Handbook of Birds of the World " 1. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-10-5
* Imber, M.J. (1985): Origins, phylogeny and taxonomy of the gadfly petrels "Pterodroma" spp.. "Ibis" 127: 197-229.
* Nunn, Gary B. & Stanley, Scott E. (1998): Body Size Effects and Rates of Cytochrome "b" Evolution in Tube-Nosed Seabirds. "Molecular Biology and Evolution" 15: 1360-1371. [http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/15/10/1360.pdf PDF fulltext] [http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/17/11/1774.pdf Corrigendum]
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