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.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Suborder:
Ciconii
()
-
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
()
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
()
- Family:
Procellariidae
()
- Leach, 1820
- Petrels, Shearwaters
- Genus:
Puffinus
()
- Specific name:
spp
- Scientific name: - Puffinus spp
- Specific name:
spp
- Genus:
Puffinus
(
- Family:
Procellariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Puffinus
There are approximately 83 species in this genus:
P. anglorum · P. assimilis (Little Shearwater) · P. assimilis assimilis · P. assimilis baroli · P. assimilis boydi · P. assimilis elegans · P. assimilis haurakiensis · P. assimilis kermadecensis · P. assimilis myrtae · P. assimilis ssp · P. assimilis tunneyi · P. auricularis (Manx) · P. auricularis auricularis (Newell's Townsend's Shearwater) · P. auricularis newelli (Manx) · P. bannermani (Bannerman's Shearwater) · P. bulleri (Buller's Shearwater) · P. carneipes (Flesh-Footed Shearwater) · P. chlororhynchus · P. cinereus · P. creatopus (Pink-Footed Shearwater) · P. cuneatus · P. diatomicus · P. diomedea borealis · P. diomedea diomedea · P. gavia (Fluttering Shearwater) · P. gavia gavia · P. gravis (Great Shearwater) · P. griseus (Sooty Shearwater) · P. heinrothi (Heinroth's Shearwater) · P. holeae · P. huttoni (Hutton's Shearwater) · P. iherminieri (Audubon's Shearwater) · P. ilherminieri · P. kuhli · P. l herminieri · P. lherminieri (Audubon's Shearwater) · P. lherminieri bailloni · P. lherminieri bannermani · P. lherminieri boydi · P. lherminieri colstoni · P. lherminieri dichrous · P. lherminieri gunax · P. lherminieri heinrothi · P. lherminieri lherminieri · P. lherminieri loyemilleri · P. lherminieri nicolae · P. lherminieri persicus · P. lherminieri ssp · P. lherminieri subalaris (Audubon's Shearwater) · P. lherminieri temptator · P. mauretanicus (Balearic Shearwater) · P. mitchelli · P. nativitatis (Christmas Shearwater) · P. newelli · P. obscurus · P. olsoni · P. opisthomelas (Black-Vented Shearwater) · P. pacificoides · P. pacificus (Wedge-Tailed Shearwater) · P. pacificus chlororhynchus · P. pacificus cuneatus · P. persicus (Persian Shearwater) · P. priscus · P. puffinus (Manx Shearwater) · P. puffinus baroli · P. puffinus boydi · P. puffinus chlororhynchus · P. puffinus mauretanicus · P. puffinus newelli · P. puffinus opisthomelas (Manx Shearwater) · P. puffinus opisthomelus · P. puffinus puffinus (Manx Shearwater) · P. puffinus yelkouan (Manx Shearwater) · P. sp · P. spelaeus · P. sphenurus · P. spp · P. tedfordi · P. tenuirostris (Short-Tailed Shearwater) · P. therminieri · P. yelkouan (Mediterranean Shearwater) · P. yelkouan mauretanicus · P. yelkouan yelkouan
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed July 27, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
