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Fulmarine petrel

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Fulmarine petrel
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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]

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Northern fulmar

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

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Taxonomy

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)

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Species by genus

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Macronectes

Macronectes includes:

Fulmarus

Fulmarus includes:

Thalassoica

Thalassoica includes:

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

Daption

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
    • Daption capense capense breeds on the circumpolar subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern oceans
    • Daption capense australe breeds on the New Zealand subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern oceans

Pagodroma

Pagodroma includes:

Pterodromoides

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

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References

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