Oceanitinae
| Oceanitinae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Wilson's storm petrel Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Oceanitinae |
| Genera | |
Oceanitinae is one of two subfamilies of storm petrels. Because the distribution of the subfamily is predominantly in the southern hemisphere they are sometimes known as the southern storm petrels. The subfamily contains five genera in which there are eight species. They were the second group of storm petrels to break off from the ancestral petrel stock, and for this reason some authors have suggested that they should constitute a separate family from the Hydrobatinae storm petrels.[1]
Species
- Subfamily Oceanitinae
- Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
- Elliot's storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis
- Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae[2]
- Grey-backed storm petrel, Garrodia nereis
- White-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina
- Black-bellied storm petrel or Gould's storm petrel, Fregetta tropica
- White-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta grallaria
- New Zealand storm petrel, Fregetta maoriana
- Polynesian storm petrel, Nesofregetta fuliginosa
References
- ↑ Nunn, G & Stanley, S. (1998) "Body Size Effects and Rates of Cytochrome b Evolution in Tube-Nosed Seabirds" Molecular Biology and Evolution 15(10): 1360-1371 Corrigendum
- ↑ Peter Harrison, Michel Sallaberry, Chris P Gaskin, Karen A Baird, Alvaro Jamarillo, Shirley Maria Metz, Mark Pearman, Michael O'Keeffe, Jim Dowdall, Seamus Enright, Kieran Fahy, Jeff Gilligan and Gerard Lillie (2013). "A new storm petrel species from Chile". The Auk. 130 (1): 180–191. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.12071.
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