Prion (bird)
| Prions | |
|---|---|
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| Fairy prion | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Tribe: | Prion |
| Genera | |
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Pachyptila | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 genera and 7 species | |
The prions (Halobaena. They form one of the four groups within the Procellariidae along with the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and fulmarine petrels. The name comes from the Greek priōn, meaning "saw", a reference of the serrated edges of the birds' saw-like bill.[1][2]
They are found in the
nototheniids
.
List of species
- Pachyptila
- Pachyptila turtur, fairy prion
- Pachyptila belcheri, slender-billed prion
- Pachyptila crassirostris, fulmar prion
- Pachyptila vittata, broad-billed prion
- Pachyptila desolata, Antarctic prion
- Pachyptila salvini, Salvin's prion
- Pachyptila macgillivrayi, MacGillivray's prion
- Halobaena
- Halobaena caerulea, blue petrel
In addition, fossil remains of some hitherto undescribed prehistoric species have been found. The oldest comes from the Late Miocene (Tortonian, some 7 to 12 million years ago) of the Bahía Inglesa Formation in Chile.
Footnotes
- ISBN 0-8160-3377-3.
- ^ "Prion". The New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd ed.). 2013.
- ^ Maynard, B. J. (2003)
References
- Brands, Sheila (14 Aug 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification - Family Procellariidae -". Project: The Taxonomicon. Archived from the original on November 5, 2007. Retrieved 22 Jul 2009.
- Cherel, Y., Bocher, P., De Broyer, C., Hobson, K.A., (2002) "Food and feeding ecology of the sympatric thin-billed Pachyptila belcheri and Antarctic P. desolata prions at Iles Kerguelen, Southern Indian Ocean" Marine Ecology Progress Series 228: 263–281 [1]
- Maynard, B. J. (2003). "Shearwaters, petrels, and fulmars (procellariidae)". In Hutchins, Michael (ed.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 123–127. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.