Pachyptila
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Slender-billed prion | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Procellariidae |
Genus: | Pachyptila Illiger, 1811 |
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Procellaria forsteri[1] = Procellaria vittata Forster, G, 1777
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Pachyptila is a genus of seabirds in the family Procellariidae and the order Procellariiformes. The members of this genus and the blue petrel form a sub-group called prions. They range throughout the southern hemisphere, often in the much cooler higher latitudes. Three species, the broad-billed prion (Pachyptila vittata), the Antarctic prion (Pachyptila desolata) and the fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur), range into the subtropics.
Taxonomy
The genus Pachyptila was introduced in 1811 by the German zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek pakhus meaning "dense" or "thick" with ptilon meaning "feather" or "plumage".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the broad-billed prion by English naturalist Prideaux John Selby in 1840.[4][5] The English name "prion" comes from the Ancient Greek πριόνι (prióni, "saw"), in reference to the serrated edges of its bill.[6]
All the members of this genus, along with the rest of the
Species
The genus contains the following seven species.[9]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Pachyptila turtur | fairy prion | breeds on subtropical and subantarctic islands[10]
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Pachyptila belcheri | slender-billed prion | breeds on Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Falkland Islands, and Noir Island[10] |
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Pachyptila crassirostris | fulmar prion | breeds on Heard Island and the Auckland Islands[10]
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Pachyptila vittata | broad-billed prion | breeds on islands near New Zealand and the Tristan da Cunha group[10] |
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Pachyptila desolata | Antarctic prion | breeds |
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Pachyptila salvini | Salvin's prion | breeds on |
Pachyptila macgillivrayi | MacGillivray's prion | Breeds on the Roche Quille, off Saint Paul Island and on Gough Island in the Tristan da Cunha group. |
Behaviour
The members of this genus primarily eat
Range and habitat
They are
References
- ^ "Procellaridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ^ Illiger, Johann Karl Wilhelm (1811). Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (in Latin). Berolini [Berlin]: Sumptibus C. Salfeld. p. 274.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Selby, Prideaux John (1840). A Catalogue of the Generic and Sub-Generic Types of the Class Aves, Birds, Arranged According to the Natural System. Newcastle: T. and J. Hodgson. p. 49.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 79.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Double, M. C. (2003)
- ^ Ehrlich, Paul R. (1988)
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Petrels, albatrosses". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Clements, James (2007)
- ^ Maynard, B. J. (2003)
Sources
- Brands, Sheila (14 Aug 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification - Genus Pachyptila". Project: The Taxonomicon. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
- Double, M. C. (2003). "Procellariiformes (Tubenosed Seabirds)". In Hutchins, Michael; Jackson, Jerome A.; Bock, Walter J.; Olendorf, Donna (eds.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. Joseph E. Trumpey, Chief Scientific Illustrator (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 107–111. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
- Ehrlich, Paul R.; Dobkin, David, S.; Wheye, Darryl (1988). The Birders Handbook (First ed.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. pp. 29–31. ISBN 0-671-65989-8.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Maynard, B. J. (2003). "Shearwaters, petrels, and fulmars (Procellariidae)". In Hutchins, Michael; Jackson, Jerome A.; Bock, Walter J.; Olendorf, Donna (eds.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. Joseph E. Trumpey, Chief Scientific Illustrator (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 123–133. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.