Ardenna
| Ardenna | |
|---|---|
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| Buller's shearwater, Ardenna griseus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Ardenna Reichenbach, 1853 |
Ardenna is a genus of seabirds in the family Procellariidae.
It comprises a group medium-sized shearwaters. The species were for a long time included in the genus Puffinus but this genus was split based on the results of a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA.[1][2] The genus had been introduced by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853.[3][4]
The genus contains the following seven species:[5]
- Wedge-tailed shearwater or muttonbird (Northern and western Australia), A. pacificus
- Buller's shearwater, A. bulleri
- Sooty shearwater or muttonbird (New Zealand), A. griseus
- Short-tailed shearwater or muttonbird (Southern Australia), A. tenuirostris
- Pink-footed shearwater, A. creatopus
- Flesh-footed shearwater, A. carneipes
- Great shearwater, A. gravis
References
- ↑ Penhallurick, John; Wink, Michael (2004). "Analysis of the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Procellariformes based on complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene". Emu 104 (2): 125–147. doi:10.1071/MU01060.
- ↑ Remsen, J.V. (September 2014). "Proposal (647) to South American Classification Committee: Spilt Ardenna from Puffinus". South American Classification Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ↑ Reichenbach, H. G. Ludwig (1853). Avium systema naturale. Dresden and Leipzig: Expedition der vollständigsten naturgeschichte. p. IV. The title page has 1850 (original page missing in the BHL scan but available from BSB). The Preface is dated 1852 but Mayr 1979 gives the year as 1853.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst (1979). "Order Struthioniformes". In Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William. Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 1 Second edition ). Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 89.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Loons, penguins, petrels". World Bird List Version 5.4. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
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