Pachyptila turtur

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
• More Info
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Family Procellariidae

Small- to medium-sized seabirds with a characteristic tubular nasal passage which is used for smell. Most have weak legs , and all are strong fliers.

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: freshwater marshes, pelagic waters • Foraging Strata: Water • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: High

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to -5,226 meters (0 to -17,146 feet).Mean = -2,970.680 meters (-9,746.325 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,485.540 based on 1,464 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Ecology:
List of Habitats :10.1Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pachyptila

There are approximately 19 species in this genus:

P. belcheri (Slender-Billed Prion) · P. crassirostris (Fulmar Prion) · P. crassirostris crassirostris · P. crassirostris eatoni · P. crassirostris flemingi · P. crassirostris pyramidalis · P. desolata (Antarctic Prion) · P. desolata alter · P. desolata banksi · P. desolata desolata · P. forsteri (Broad-Billed Prion) · P. salvini (Medium-Billed Prion) · P. salvini macgillivrayi · P. salvini salvini · P. turtur (Fairy Prion) · P. turtur subantarctica · P. turtur turtur · P. vittata (Broad-Billed Prion) · P. vittata salvini

Bibliography

• Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

More Info

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6563226
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174602
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13821803
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174602
• IUCN ID: 49695
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152445

Footnotes

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