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Fulmarine petrel

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Northern fulmar

The fulmarine petrels or fulmar-petrels are a distinct group of petrels within the family Procellariidae. They are the most variable of the four groups within the Procellariidae, differing greatly in size and biology. They do, however, have a unifying feature, their skull, and in particular their nasal tubes. They are predominantly found in the Southern Ocean with one species, the northern fulmar, ranging in the North Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.[1]

Fossils of fulmarine petrels dating back to the Upper Miocene have been found in Menorca.[2]

Taxonomy

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A multigene genetic study published in 2021 provided a genus-level phylogeny of extant genera in the family and showed that the fulmarine patrels make an apparent clade.[3]

Procellariidae

Pagodroma – snow petrel

Thalassoica – Antarctic petrel

Daption – Cape petrel

Macronectes – giant petrels (2 species)

Fulmarus – fulmars (2 species)

fulmarine petrels

Pelecanoides – diving petrels (4 species)

Halobaena – blue petrel

Pachyptila – prions (7 species)

Aphrodroma – Kerguelen petrel

Pterodroma – gadfly petrels (35 species)

Bulweria – petrels (2 extant species)

Pseudobulweria – petrels (4 species)

Procellaria – petrels (5 species)

Puffinus – shearwaters (21 species)

Calonectris – shearwaters (4 species)

Ardenna – shearwaters (7 species)

Species by genus

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Macronectes

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Macronectes includes:

Fulmarus

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Fulmarus includes:

Thalassoica

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Thalassoica includes:

  • Thalassoica antarctica, Antarctic petrel, breeds along the Antarctic coast and on the Antarctic islands. Ranges through the southern polar region

Daption

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Daption includes:

  • Daption capense, Cape petrel, breeds on the circumpolar and New Zealand subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern polar region, and coastal waters off the west coast of South America

Pagodroma

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Pagodroma includes:

Pterodromoides

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Pterodromoides is a monotypic genus of extinct fulmarine petrels containing only Pterodromoides minoricensis

References

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  1. ^ Weathers, W. W.; Gerhart, K. L.; Hodum, P. J. (1 December 2000). "Thermoregulation in Antarctic fulmarine petrels". Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 170 (8): 561–572. doi:10.1007/s003600000134. ISSN 1432-136X. PMID 11192262. S2CID 22776920.
  2. ^ Segui, Bartomeu; Quintana, Josep; Fornos, Joan J.; Alcover, Josep Antoni (September 2001). "A New Fulmarine Petrel (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Upper Miocene of the Western Mediterranean". Palaeontology. 44 (5): 933–948. Bibcode:2001Palgy..44..933S. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00209. ISSN 0031-0239. S2CID 129148277.
  3. ^ Estandía, A.; Chesser, R.T.; James, H.F.; Levy, M.A.; Ferrer Obiol, J.; Bretagnolle, V.; González-Solís, J.; Welch, A.J. (27 July 2021). "Substitution rate variation in a robust Procellariiform seabird phylogeny is not solely explained by body mass, flight efficiency, population size or life history traits". bioRxiv: 2021.07.27.453752. doi:10.1101/2021.07.27.453752. S2CID 236502443. Retrieved 11 December 2021.