Belongs within: Procellariidae.
Pterodroma, the gadfly petrels, is a cosmopolitan genus of fast-flying petrels, mostly dark above and light below in coloration, with short, sturdy bills. Some relatively large species, such as the great-winged petrel P. macroptera, are uniformly dark in coloration.
<==Pterodroma Bonaparte 1856 (see below for synonymy)CC10 |--+--P. mollis (Gould 1844)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--+--+--P. magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori 1869)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | | `--+--P. incertaBKB15 | | `--+--*P. macroptera (Smith 1840)CC10, BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | | | |--P. m. macropteraCC10 | | | `--P. m. gouldi (Hutton 1869) (see below for synonymy)CC10 | | `--P. lessonii (Garnot 1826)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--+--P. hasitata (Kuhl 1820)BKB15, CS77 [incl. Fulmarus meridionalisCC10, *Aestrelata meridionalisCC10] | `--+--P. cahowBKB15 | `--+--P. madeira Mathews 1934BKB15, CS77 [=P. mollis madeiraCS77] | `--+--P. desertaBKB15 | `--P. feae (Salvadori 1899)BKB15, CS77 [=P. mollis feaeCS77] `--+--+--P. hypoleucaBKB15 [=Oestrelata hypoleucaCC10, *Oestrelatella hypoleucaCC10] | `--+--P. cookii (Gray in Dieffenbach 1843)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--P. longirostris (Stejneger 1893)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) `--+--+--P. axillaris (Salvin 1893)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--P. nigripennis (Rothschild 1893)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) `--+--P. solandri (Gould 1844)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) `--+--P. inexpectata (Forster in Lichtenstein 1844)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) `--+--+--+--P. alba (Gmelin 1789)JT12, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | | `--P. heraldicaBKB15 [=P. arminjoniana heraldicaM03] | `--+--P. arminjonianaBKB15 | `--P. neglecta (Schlegel 1863)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | |--P. n. neglectaCC10 | `--P. n. juana Mathews 1935CC10 `--+--+--P. cervicalis (Salvin 1891)JT12, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--P. externa (Salvin 1875)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) `--+--P. barauiBKB15 `--+--P. phaeopygiaBKB15 `--P. sandwichensisBKB15 [=P. phaeopygia sandwichensisUSDI77] Pterodroma incertae sedis: P. atlanticaC66 P. atrataJT12 P. brevipesJT12 P. caribbaea Carte 1866C66 [=Prion caribbaeum Mitchell in Carte 1866 (n. n.)C66, Pt. hasitata caribbaeaCG99] P. defilippianaJT12 P. fuliginosaC66 P. jugularisCG99 P. leucoptera (Gould 1844) [=Procellaria leucoptera, Cookilaria leucoptera]CC10 |--P. l. leucopteraCC10 `--P. l. caledonica Imber & Jenkins 1981 [=P. (Cookilaria) leucoptera caledonica]CC10 P. macgillivrayiFP64 P. occulataM03 P. pycrofti Falla 1933 [=Cookilaria cookii pycrofti, P. (Cookilaria) longirostris pycrofti]CC10 P. rupinarumHSS13 P. ultimaJT12
Pterodroma Bonaparte 1856 [incl. Aestrelata Bonaparte 1856, Cookilaria Bonaparte 1856, Hallstroma Mathews in Mathews & Hallstrom 1943, Oestrelata Newton 1870, Oestrelatella Bianchi 1913, Proaestrelata Imber 1985, Rhantistes Reichenbach 1853 non Kaup 1829; Aestrelatidae, Pterodromidae, Rhantistidae]CC10
Pterodroma alba (Gmelin 1789)JT12, CC10 [=Procellaria albaCC10, Bulweria albaCC10, Daptium albumCC10, Fulmarus albusCC10, Procellaria (Aestrelata) albaCC10, Pterodroma (Hallstroma) albaCC10; incl. Pt. alba cantonia Mathews 1942CC10, Aestrelata oliveri Mathews & Iredale 1914CC10, Pt. oliveriCC10, Procellaria parvirostris Peale 1848CC10, Aestrelata parvirostrisCC10, Oestrelata parvirostrisCC10, Pterodroma rostrata parvirostrisCC10, Rhantistes parvirostrisCC10, O. wortheni Rothschild 1902CC10]
Pterodroma axillaris (Salvin 1893)BKB15, CC10 [=Oestrelata axillarisCC10, P. cookii axillarisCC10, P. hypoleuca axillarisCC10, P. (Oestrelatella) axillarisCC10, P. (*Proaestrelata) axillarisCC10]
Pterodroma cervicalis (Salvin 1891)JT12, CC10 [=Oestrelata cervicalisCC10, P. externa cervicalisCC10, P. (Oestrelatella) cervicalisCC10, P. (Proaestrelata) cervicalisCC10]
Pterodroma cookii (Gray in Dieffenbach 1843)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria cookiiCC10, Aestrelata cookiiCC10, Bulweria cookiCC10, Fulmarus (*Cookilaria) cookiiCC10, Oestrelata cookiiCC10, *Rhantistes cookiiCC10; incl. Pterodroma cookii orientalis Murphy 1929CC10, Cookilaria cookii orientalisCC10, Procellaria velox Gray 1844 non Kuhl 1820CC10, C. veloxCC10, Rhantistes veloxCC10]
Pterodroma externa (Salvin 1875)BKB15, CC10 [=Oestrelata externaCC10, Bulweria externaCC10, Pterodroma (Hallstroma) externaCC10; incl. Pt. externa tristani Mathews 1931CC10]
Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster in Lichtenstein 1844)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria inexpectataCC10, Aestrelata inexpectataCC10, Bulweria inexpectataCC10, Pterodroma (Oestrelatella) inexpectataCC10, Pt. (Proaestrelata) inexpectataCC10; incl. Pr. affinis Buller 1875CC10, Oestrelata affinisCC10, Aestrelata fisheri Ridgway 1883CC10, Oestrelata fisheriCC10, Procellaria gularis Peale 1848CC10, Aestrelata gularisCC10, Oestrelata gularisCC10, Pterodroma gularisCC10, Procellaria lugens Gray 1844 nec Kuhl 1820 nec Pterodroma lugens Mathews 1936CC10, Pt. neglus Mathews 1928CC10, Aestrelata scalaris Brewster 1886CC10, Oestrelata scalarisCC10, Pterodroma inexpectata thompsoni Mathews 1915CC10]
Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot 1826)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria lessoniiCC10, Aestrelata lessoniCC10, Bulweria lessoniCC10, Fulmarus (Astrelata) lessoniCC10, Oestrelata lessoniCC10, Rhantistes lessoniCC10; incl. Aestrelata lessonii australis Mathews 1916CC10, Pterodroma lessonii australisCC10, Procellaria leucocephala Forster in Lichtenstein 1844CC10, Aestrelata lessonii leucocephalaCC10, Pterodroma lessonii leucocephalaCC10, Puffinus sericeus Lesson 1828CC10, Adamastor sericeusCC10, Procellaria vagabunda Gray 1844CC10]
Pterodroma longirostris (Stejneger 1893)BKB15, CC10 [=Aestrelata longirostrisCC10, Cookilaria leucoptera longirostrisCC10, Oestrelata longirostrisCC10, Pterodroma cookii longirostrisCC10; incl. P. (Aestrelata) cooki masafuerae Lönnberg in Skottsberg 1921CC10, Cookilaria leucoptera masafueraeCC10, P. leucoptera masafueraeCC10]
*Pterodroma macroptera (Smith 1840)CC10, BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria macropteraCC10, Oestrelata macropteraCC10; incl. Pt. macroptera albani Mathews 1912WS48]
Pterodroma macroptera gouldi (Hutton 1869) [=Aestrelata gouldi, Majaqueus gouldi, Oestrelata gouldi, Procellaria gouldii]CC10
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori 1869)BKB15, CC10 [=Aestrelata magentaeCC10, Fulmarus (Astrelata) magentaeCC10, Oestrelata magentaeCC10]
Pterodroma mollis (Gould 1844)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria mollisCC10, Aestrelata mollisCC10, Bulweria mollisCC10, Cookilaria mollisCC10, Oestrelata mollisCC10, Rhantistes mollisCC10; incl. Pterodroma deceptornis Mathews 1932CC10, Pt. dubius Mathews 1924CC10, Pt. mollis dubiaCC10, Pt. mollis fusca Imber 1985CC10]
Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel 1863)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria neglectaCC10, Aestrelata neglectaCC10, Bulweria neglectaCC10, Fulmarus (Astrelata) neglectusCC10, Oestrelata neglectaCC10, Pterodroma (*Hallstroma) neglectaCC10; incl. O. leucophrys Hutton 1893CC10, Pt. neglecta quintali Mathews 1916CC10, Rhantistes raolensis Bonaparte 1856 (n. n.)CC10, Procellaria raoulensis Salvin 1896 non Rhantistes raoulensis Salvin 1896CC10, R. raoulensis Salvin 1896CC10]
Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild 1893)BKB15, CC10 [=Oestrelata nigripennisCC10, Cookilaria cookii nigripennisCC10, Oestrelatella nigricollis (l. c.)CC10, Pterodroma (Cookilaria) axillaris nigripennisCC10, P. cookii nigripennisCC10, P. hypoleuca nigripennisCC10, P. (Oestrelatella) nigripennisCC10, P. (Proaestrelata) nigripennisCC10; incl. Cookilaria hindwoodi Whitley 1938CC10]
Pterodroma solandri (Gould 1844)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria solandriCC10, Aestrelata solandriCC10, Cookilaria solandriCC10, Fulmarus solandriCC10, Oestrelata solandriCC10; incl. Cookilaria melanopus Bonaparte 1856CC10, Pterodroma melanopusCC10, Oestrelata montana Hull 1911CC10, Procellaria phillipii Gray 1862CC10, Fulmarus (Astrelata) philippiiCC10, Oestrelata philippiCC10]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[C66] Carte, A. 1866. On an undescribed species of petrel from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 93–95.
[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.
[CS77] Cramp, S., & K. E. L. Simmons (eds) 1977. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palaearctic vol. 1. Ostrich to Ducks. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
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