List of prions
This is a list of the genera, species, and subspecies belonging to the prions, which belong to the Procellariiformes.[1]
Pachyptila
[edit]- Pachyptila turtur, fairy prion breeds on subtropical and subantarctic islands[2]
- Pachyptila belcheri, slender-billed prion breeds on Kerguelen Island, Crozet Island, Falkland Islands, and Noir Island[2]
- Pachyptila crassirostris, fulmar prion breeds on Auckland Island, Snares Island, Bounty Islands, Chatham Island, New Zealand, and Heard Island[2]
- Pachyptila crassirostris crassirostris breeds on Snares Island, Bounty Islands, and Chatham Island, New Zealand[2]
- Pachyptila crassirostris eatoni breeds on Heard Island and Auckland Island[2]
- Pachyptila vittata, broad-billed prion breeds on islands off of New Zealand and Tristan da Cunha group[2]
- Pachyptila desolata, Antarctic prion breeds on Crozet Island,[3] Kerguelen Island, Macquarie Island, Auckland Island, Heard Island, Scott Island, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, and the Scotia Arc[2]
- Pachyptila desolata desolata breeds on Crozet Island, Kerguelen Island, and Macquarie Island[2]
- Pachyptila desolata altera breeds on Auckland Island and Heard Island[2]
- Pachyptila desolata banksi breeds on South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, Scott Island, and the Scotia Arc[2]
- Pachyptila salvini, Salvin's prion breeds on Prince Edward Islands and Crozet Island[2]
- Pachyptila macgillivrayi, MacGillivray's prion breeds on St. Paul Island and Gough Island[2][4]
Halobaena
[edit]- Halobaena caerulea, blue petrel breeds on islands in the southern Subantarctic islands and the islands off the coast of Cape Horn[2]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Maynard, B. J. (2003)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Clements, J. (2007)
- ^ Shepherd, Lara D.; Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Miskelly, Colin M. (2024-02-08). "Mitochondrial DNA structuring of Antarctic prions (Pachyptila desolata, Procellariidae)". Tuhinga. 35: 1–9. doi:10.3897/tuhinga.35.115090. ISSN 2253-5861.
- ^ "RSPB recruit island wardens". BBC News. 27 April 2023.
References
[edit]- Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
- 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.