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Fratercula (puffin)
Taxonomy
Fratercula was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.
It was assigned to Fraterculinae by Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Fraterculini by Smith (2011); to Aethiinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Alcidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Dyke and Walker (2005) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Fraterculinae by Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Fraterculini by Smith (2011); to Aethiinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Alcidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Dyke and Walker (2005) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1760 | Fratercula Brisson |
| 1985 | Fratercula Olson p. 185 |
| 1988 | Fratercula Carroll |
| 1992 | Fratercula Guthrie p. 324 |
| 2001 | Fratercula Olson and Rasmussen p. 280 |
| 2005 | Fratercula Dyke and Walker p. 238 |
| 2011 | Fratercula Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14 |
| 2014 | Fratercula del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Fratercula Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Fratercula Brisson 1760 [puffin]
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Fratercula arctica Linnaeus 1758 [Atlantic puffin]
Fratercula cirrhata Pallas 1769 [tufted puffin]
Fratercula corniculata Naumann 1821 [horned puffin]
†Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available