Bulweria
| Bulweria | |
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| Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Bulweria Bonaparte, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Procellaria bulweria ( Jardine & Selby , 1828
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| Species | |
Bulweria is a
extinct
in the early 16th century; it is known only from skeletal remains. Bulwer's petrel ranges in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, whereas Joaunin's petrel is confined to the northwestern Indian Ocean. Olson's petrel is known from the Atlantic.
Bulweria petrels have long been considered related to the
sequence analysis has proven them to be closely related to the shearwaters in the genus Puffinus and especially the Procellaria petrels.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Bulweria was introduced in 1843 by the French naturalist
The genus contains three species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Bulwer's petrel | Bulweria bulwerii ( Jardine & Selby , 1828) |
Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan |
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Jouanin's petrel | Bulweria fallax Jouanin, 1955 | northwestern Indian Ocean. |
| † Olson's petrel | Bulweria bifax Olson, 1975 (extinct) | Saint Helena. |
References
- JSTOR 4089123.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1842). "Catalogo Metodico degli Uccelli Europie (Continuazione)". Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. 8: 425–428 [426]. The volume is dated 1842 but the article was not published until 1843.
- Jardine, William; Selby, Prideaux John (1828). Illustrations of Ornithology. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. Plate 65, text.
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Petrels, albatrosses". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 January 2022.