WoRMS taxon details
Pachyptila
AphiaID: 204680
AphiaID: 204680
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Procellariiformes (Order) > Procellariidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Procellariidae | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews, 1912) Subspecies Pachyptila macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) Species Pachyptila salvini (Mathews, 1912) Species Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820) Species Pachyptila vittata (Forster, 1777) Species Pachyptila crassirostris (Mathews, 1912) accepted as Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820) Species Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Pachyptila vittata (Forster, 1777) | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Small petrels. Blue -grey above, white below, with dark M-marks on upper wings (from behind) formed by blackish colouring on outer primaries, leading edge to ‘wrist’ and across wing-coverts to scapular ends. Tail wedge-shaped with dark terminal bands and 12 feathers. Skin under mandible distensible, forming a pouch. <388> [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204680 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Pachyptila. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204680 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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