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| image_caption = ] (''Pterodroma hasitata'') | image_caption = ] (''Pterodroma hasitata'')
| diversity_link = List of gadfly petrels
| diversity = 1 genus and 33 species
| taxon = Pterodroma | taxon = Pterodroma
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==Species== ==Species==
The species listed here are those recognised in the online list maintained by ], ] and David Donsker on behalf of the ] (IOC). The genus includes 35 species, of which one has become extinct in historical times.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=Petrels, albatrosses | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/petrels/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=23 December 2021 }}</ref>
The ] of the gadfly petrels is being refined at the moment. Several genera have been split off over time, as they are closer to the ] and '']'' shearwaters. Some subspecies have been raised to full species rank. The arrangement given here is traditional, but annotates the changes proposed by Austin (1998)<ref name=Austin/> and Bretagnolle et al. (1998).<ref name=Bretagnolle/> For the current taxonomy, see also Brooke (2004).<ref name=Brooke/>

The genus contains 35 species, of which one has become extinct in historical times.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=Petrels, albatrosses | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/petrels/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=23 December 2021 }}</ref>


* ''Pterodroma macroptera'', ] (Indian and Atlantic basins) * ''Pterodroma macroptera'', ] (Indian and Atlantic basins)
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==References== ==References==
{{Reflist|refs= {{Reflist}}
<ref name=Austin>{{cite journal|author=Austin, Jeremy J. |year=1996|title= Molecular Phylogenetics of ''Puffinus'' Shearwaters: Preliminary Evidence from Mitochondrial Cytochrome ''b'' Gene Sequences|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=6|issue=1|pages= 77–88|doi=10.1006/mpev.1996.0060|pmid=8812308}}</ref>
<ref name=Bretagnolle>{{cite journal|year=1998|title=Cytochrome-''B'' evidence for validity and phylogenetic relationships of ''Pseudobulweria'' and ''Bulweria'' (Procellariidae)|journal=Auk|volume=115|issue=1|pages=188–195 |url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v115n01/p0188-p0195.pdf|doi=10.2307/4089123|last1=Bretagnolle|first1=Vincent|last2=Pasquet|first2=Eric |last3=Bretagnolle |first3=V. |last4=Attié |first4=C. |last5=Pasquet |first5=E.|jstor=4089123}}</ref>
<ref name=Brooke>Brooke, M. (2004): ''Albatrosses and Petrels Across the World''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. {{ISBN|0-19-850125-0}}</ref>
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Genus of birds

Gadfly petrels
Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pterodroma
Bonaparte, 1856
Species

About 35, see text

The gadfly petrels or Pterodroma are a genus of about 35 species of petrels, part of the seabird order Procellariiformes. The gadfly petrels are named for their speedy weaving flight, as if evading gadflies (horseflies). The flight action is also reflected in the name Pterodroma, from Ancient Greek pteron, "wing" and dromos, "runner".

The short, sturdy bills of these medium to large petrels are adapted for soft prey that they pick from the ocean surface. They have twisted intestines for digesting marine animals that have unusual biochemistries.

Their complex wing and face marking are probably for interspecific recognition.

These birds nest in colonies on islands and are pelagic when not breeding. One white egg is laid usually in a burrow or on open ground. They are nocturnal at the breeding colonies.

While generally wide-ranging, most Pterodroma species are confined to a single ocean basin (e.g. Atlantic), and vagrancy is not as common amongst the genus as in some other seabird species (c.f. the storm petrels Hydrobatidae).

Species

The species listed here are those recognised in the online list maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). The genus includes 35 species, of which one has become extinct in historical times.

See also

References

  1. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 322. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Petrels, albatrosses". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ^ Jaramillo, Alvaro (July 2013). "Proposal 582: Split Pterodroma heraldica and P. atrata from P. arminjoniana". South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Pterodroma
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