Ardenna

Ardenna is a genus of seabirds, in the family Procellariidae, which comprises a group of medium-sized shearwater species. These were for a long time included in 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] although the name was first used to refer to a seabird by Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603.[5]

Ardenna
Buller's shearwater (Ardenna bulleri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Ardenna
Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Ardenna gravis
Species

See text

Species

The genus contains these seven living species:[6]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
A. pacificaWedge-tailed shearwaterNorthern and Western Australia
A. bulleriBuller's shearwateracross most of the Pacific Ocean
A. grisea Sooty shearwater or muttonbirdNew Zealand
A. tenuirostrisShort-tailed shearwater or muttonbirdSouthern Australia
A. creatopusPink-footed shearwaterPacific Ocean.
A. carneipesFlesh-footed shearwatersouthwest Pacific Ocean includes Lord Howe Island, South Australia and northern New Zealand
A. gravis Great shearwaterAtlantic

References

  1. 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.
  2. Remsen, J.V. (September 2014). "Proposal (647) to South American Classification Committee: Split Ardenna from Puffinus". South American Classification Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. Mayr, Ernst (1979). "Order Struthioniformes". In Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William (eds.). Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 1 Second edition ). Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 89.
  5. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 40, 54. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. 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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