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Procellariidae

Shearwaters, Petrels

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taxon links [up-->]Fulmarus [up-->]Puffinus [up-->]Pachyptila [up-->]Procellaria [up-->]Pterodroma [up-->]Daption capense [up-->]Macronectes [up-->]Bulweria [up-->]Pseudobulweria Not Monophyletic[down<--]Procellariiformes Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after Nunn and Stanley 1998 and Bretagnolle et al. 1998.

Containing group: Procellariiformes

Other Names for Procellariidae

References

Bretagnolle, V., C. Attié, and E. Pasquet. 1998. Cytochrome-B evidence for validity and phylogenetic relationships of Pseudobulweria and Bulweria (Procellariidae). Auk 115(1):188-195.

Brooke, M. 2004. Albatrosses and Petrels across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York.

Gill, F. and M. Wright. 2006. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.

Imber, M. J. 1985. Origins, phylogeny and taxonomy of the gadfly petrels Pterodroma spp. Ibis 127:197-229.

Nunn, G. B. and S. E. Stanley. 1998. Body size effects and rates of cytochrome b evolution in tube-nosed seabirds. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15:1360-1371.

Onley, D. and P. Scofield. 2007. Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

Penhallurick, J. and M. Wink. 2004. Analysis of the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Procellariformes based on complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Emu 104:125-147.

Rheindt, F. E. and J. J. Austin. 2005. Major analytical and conceptual shortcomings in a recent taxonomic revision of the Procellariiformes - A reply to Penhallurick and Wink (2004). Emu 105(2):181-186.

Warham, J. 1996. The Behaviour, Population Biology and Physiology of the Petrels. Academic Press, New York.

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Scientific Name Fulmarus glacialis
Location Spitzbergen, Svalbard
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Fulmar in Flight
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Alastair Rae
Scientific Name Puffinus gravis
Location Gulf Stream off of Hatteras, North Carolina, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Greater Shearwater
Source Collection Flickr
Copyright © 2007 Patrick Coin
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