WoRMS taxon details
Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856
AphiaID: 137064
AphiaID: 137064
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Procellariiformes (Order) > Procellariidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Procellariidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Pterodroma alba (Gmelin, 1789) Species Pterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) Species Pterodroma atrata (Mathews, 1912) Species Pterodroma axillaris (Salvin, 1893) Species Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin, 1964) Species Pterodroma brevipes (Peale, 1848) Species Pterodroma cahow (Nichols & Mowbray, 1916) Species Pterodroma caribbaea Carte, 1866 Species Pterodroma cervicalis (Salvin, 1891) Species Pterodroma cookii (Gray, 1843) Species Pterodroma defilippiana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) Species Pterodroma externa (Salvin, 1875) Species Pterodroma feae (Salvadori, 1899) Species Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl, 1820) Species Pterodroma heraldica (Salvin, 1888) Species Pterodroma hypoleuca (Salvin, 1888) Species Pterodroma incerta (Schlegel, 1863) Species Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster, 1844) Species Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot, 1826) Species Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844) Species Pterodroma longirostris (Stejneger, 1893) Species Pterodroma macroptera (Smith, 1840) Species Pterodroma madeira Mathews, 1934 Species Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) Species Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) Species Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel, 1863) Species Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild, 1893) Species Pterodroma occulta Imber & Tennyson, 2001 Species Pterodroma phaeopygia (Salvin, 1876) Species Pterodroma pycrofti Falla, 1933 Species Pterodroma rostrata (Peale, 1848) Species Pterodroma sandwichensis (Ridgway, 1884) Species Pterodroma solandri (Gould, 1844) Species Pterodroma ultima Murphy, 1949 Species Pterodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Aphrodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1831) Species Pterodroma furcata (Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin, 1789) Species Pterodroma phillipii Gray, 1862 accepted as Pterodroma solandri (Gould, 1844) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Small to medium-sized. Flight swift and dashing. Bills short, thick, black, with short nasal tube, aperture directed upwards. Tarsus only slightly compressed and rounded in front. Neck thick and chunky. Tail broad when spread. <388> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137064 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137064 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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