Procellariidae
Shearwaters, Petrels
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close boxRelationships after Nunn and Stanley 1998 and Bretagnolle et al. 1998.
References
Bretagnolle, V., C. Attié, and E. Pasquet. 1998. Cytochrome-B evidence for validity and phylogenetic relationships of Pseudobulweria and Bulweria (Procellariidae). Auk 115(1):188-195.
Brooke, M. 2004. Albatrosses and Petrels across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York.
Gill, F. and M. Wright. 2006. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.
Imber, M. J. 1985. Origins, phylogeny and taxonomy of the gadfly petrels Pterodroma spp. Ibis 127:197-229.
Nunn, G. B. and S. E. Stanley. 1998. Body size effects and rates of cytochrome b evolution in tube-nosed seabirds. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15:1360-1371.
Onley, D. and P. Scofield. 2007. Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
Penhallurick, J. and M. Wink. 2004. Analysis of the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Procellariformes based on complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Emu 104:125-147.
Rheindt, F. E. and J. J. Austin. 2005. Major analytical and conceptual shortcomings in a recent taxonomic revision of the Procellariiformes - A reply to Penhallurick and Wink (2004). Emu 105(2):181-186.
Warham, J. 1996. The Behaviour, Population Biology and Physiology of the Petrels. Academic Press, New York.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Fulmarus glacialis |
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| Location | Spitzbergen, Svalbard |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Fulmar in Flight |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Alastair Rae |
| Scientific Name | Puffinus gravis |
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| Location | Gulf Stream off of Hatteras, North Carolina, USA |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Greater Shearwater |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
| Copyright |
© 2007 Patrick Coin
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