Pterodroma Bonaparte 1856 (petrel)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Parent taxon: Procellariidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Olson 1975, Olson and James 1982, Olson and James 1991, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1962, Worthy 1997 and Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003

Sister taxa: Aphrodroma, Ardenna, Argyrodyptes, Bulweria, Calonectris, Daption, Diomedeoides, Eopuffinus, Fulmarinae, Fulmarus, Halobaena, Macronectes, Oestrelata, Pachyptila, Pachyptilinae, Pagodroma, Pelecanoides, Primodroma, Procellaria, Procellariinae, Pseudobulweria, Pterodromoides, Puffininae, Puffinini, Puffinus, Thalassoica

Subtaxa: Pterodroma alba Pterodroma arminjoniana Pterodroma axillaris Pterodroma baraui Pterodroma brevipes Pterodroma cahow Pterodroma cookii Pterodroma hasitata Pterodroma heraldica Pterodroma hypoleuca Pterodroma imberi Pterodroma incerta Pterodroma inexpectata Pterodroma jugabilis Pterodroma kurodai Pterodroma lessonii Pterodroma leucoptera Pterodroma macroptera Pterodroma magentae Pterodroma mollis Pterodroma neglecta Pterodroma nigripennis Pterodroma phaeopygia Pterodroma pycrofti Pterodroma rupinarum

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), Australia (3), the Bahamas (3), Bermuda (4), Cook Islands (4), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (23), French Southern Territories (1), Haiti (1), Martinique (1), Micronesia (1), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (25), Norfolk Island (6), Papua New Guinea (1), Pitcairn (10), Reunion (1), Saint Helena (10), the Seychelles (3), Solomon Islands (2), United States (5: Hawaii)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

Total: 109 collections including 140 occurrences

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