Hydrobatinae

Taxobox
name = Hydrobatinae

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image_caption = Markham's Storm-petrel "Oceanodroma markhami"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Procellariiformes
familia = Hydrobatidae
subfamilia = Oceanitinae
subfamilia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
**"Hydrobates"
**"Oceanodroma"

Hydrobatinae is one of two subfamilies of storm-petrels. The distribution of the subfamily is predominantly in the northern hemisphere. The subfamily contains two (sometimes three) genera in which there are 14 species. They were the first group of storm-petrels to break off from the ancestral petrel stock, and for this reason some authors have suggested that they should constitute a separate family from the Oceanitinae storm-petrels. [Nunn, G & Stanley, S. (1998) "Body Size Effects and Rates of Cytochrome b Evolution in Tube-Nosed Seabirds" "Molecular Biology and Evolution" 15(10): 1360-1371 [http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/15/10/1360.pdf] [http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/17/11/1774.pdf Corrigendum] ]

* Subfamily Hydrobatinae
** European Storm-petrel "Hydrobates pelagicus"
** Leach's Storm-petrel "Oceanodroma leucorhoa"
** Matsudaira's Storm-petrel "Oceanodroma matsudairae"
** Least Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma microsoma"
** Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma tethys"
** Madeiran Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma castro"
** Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma monorhis"
** Guadalupe Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma macrodactyla" (extinct)
** Tristram's Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma tristrami"
** Markham's Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma markhami"
** Black Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma melania"
** Ashy Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma homochroa"
** Hornby's Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma hornbyi"
** Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, "Oceanodroma furcata"

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