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Belongs within: Procellariidae.
Puffinus, the shearwaters, is a genus of petrels that are generally dark brown or black above and paler below, with relatively long, narrow wings and longer bills. The chicks of some species, such as the sooty shearwater P. griseus and short-tailed shearwater P. tenuirostris, are harvested for their meat and/or oil under the name of ‘muttonbirds’.
<==Puffinus Brisson 1760 (see below for synonymy)CC10 | i. s.: P. antiquus (Milne-Edwards 1874) [=Procellaria antiqua]M02 | P. aquitanicus (Milne-Edwards 1874) [=Procellaria aquitanica]M02 | P. heinrothiJT12 | P. holeae Walker, Wragg & Harrison 1900 [=P. holei]M02 | P. nestori Alcover 1989M02 | P. obscurus (Gmelin 1788) [=Procellaria obscura]CC10 | P. raemdonckii (van Beneden 1871) [=Larus raemdonckii]M02 | P. spelaeus Holdaway & Worthy 1994CC10 |--+--+--P. bulleri Salvin 1888BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | | `--P. pacificus (Gmelin 1789)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria pacificaCC10, Ardenna pacificaCC10, Thyellodroma pacificaCC10] | | |--P. p. pacificus (see below for synonymy)CC10 | | `--P. p. chlororhynchus Lesson 1831CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--+--P. tenuirostris (Temminck 1836)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--+--P. griseus (Gmelin 1789)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--+--P. gravis (O’Reilly 1818)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--+--P. carneipes Gould 1844BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--P. creatopus Coues 1864BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) `--+--Calonectris Mathews & Iredale 1915BKB15, CC10 | |--*C. leucomelas (Temminck 1836) [=Procellaria leucomelas, Puffinus leucomelas]CC10 | |--C. borealis (Cory 1881) (see below for synonymy)CC10 | |--C. diomedea (Scopoli 1769)CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--C. edwardsii (Oustalet 1883)JT12, CS77 [=C. diomedea edwardsiiCS77] `--+--+--P. nativitatis Streets 1877BKB15, CC10 [=P. (Nectris) nativitatisCC10, *Microzalias nativitatisCC10] | `--P. subalarisBKB15 `--+--+--P. gavia (Forster in Lichtenstein 1844)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--P. huttoni Mathews 1912BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) `--+--+--P. mauretanicus Lowe 1921BKB15, CS77 [=P. puffinus mauretanicusCS77] | `--P. yelkouan (Acerbi 1827)BKB15, CS77 [=P. puffinus yelkouanCS77] `--+--+--P. elegans Giglioli & Salvadori 1869BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--+--P. haurakiensis Fleming & Serventy 1943BKB15, CC10 [=P. assimilis haurakiensisCC10] | `--+--P. kermadecensis Murphy 1927BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--P. tunneyi Mathews 1912BKB15, CC10 [=P. assimilis tunneyiCC10] `--+--+--+--P. lherminieri Lesson 1839BKB15, CS77 | | | |--P. l. lherminieriI92 | | | `--P. l. bannermani Mathews & Iredale 1915I92 | | `--P. loyemilleriBKB15 | `--+--P. boydi Mathews 1912BKB15, CS77 [=P. assimilis boydiCS77] | `--+--P. assimilis Gould 1838BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) | `--P. baroli (Bonaparte 1857)BKB15, CS77 [=P. assimilis baroliCS77] `--+--*P. puffinus (Brünnich 1764)CC10, BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy) `--+--P. opisthomelas Coues 1864BKB15, CC10 `--+--+--P. myrtaeBKB15 | `--+--P. auricularisBKB15 | `--P. newelli Henshaw 1900BKB15, CC10 [=P. auricularis newelliCC10, P. puffinus newelliCC10] `--+--+--P. persicusBKB15 [=P. lherminieri persicusCS77] | `--P. temptatorBKB15 `--+--+--P. atrodorsalisBKB15 | `--P. bailloniBKB15 `--+--P. dichrousBKB15 `--+--P. polynesiaeBKB15 `--+--P. colstoniBKB15 `--P. nicolaeBKB15
Calonectris borealis (Cory 1881) [=Puffinus borealis, Ardenna diomedea borealis, Calonectris diomedea borealis, Puffinus diomedea borealis, P. kuhli borealis; incl. P. kuhli fortunatus Bannerman 1915]CC10
Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli 1769)CC10 [=Puffinus diomedeaM02, Procellaria diomedeaCS77; incl. Pu. eyermani Shufeldt 1896M02]
Puffinus Brisson 1760 [=Cymotomus Macgillivray 1842, Nectris Kuhl 1820, Rhipornis Billberg 1828, Thiellus Bonaparte 1857, Thyellas Gloger 1827; incl. Alphapuffinus Mathews 1914, Ardenna Reichenbach 1853, Cinathisma Hull 1916, Hemipuffinus Iredale 1913, Microzalias Mathews & Iredale 1915, Neonectris Mathews 1913, Paranectris Iredale 1930, Reinholdia Mathews 1912, Thyellodroma Stejneger 1888, Zalias Heine & Reichenow 1890]CC10
Puffinus assimilis Gould 1838BKB15, CC10 [=*Alphapuffinus assimilisCC10, Pu. affinis (l. c.)CC10; incl. Pu. australis Eyton in Gould 1848CC10, Alphapuffinus assimilis glauerti Mathews 1937WS48, Pu. assimilis howensis Mathews 1915CC10, Nectris nugax Gray 1844CC10, Pu. nugax Bonaparte 1857CC10, Procellaria nugaxCC10]
Puffinus bulleri Salvin 1888BKB15, CC10 [=Thyellodroma bulleriCC10, Thyellobroma (l. c.) pacifica bulleriCC10; incl. P. zealandicus Sandager 1890CC10]
Puffinus carneipes Gould 1844BKB15, CC10 [=*Hemipuffinus carneipesCC10, Majaqueus carneipesCC10, Nectris carneipesCC10, Priofinus carneipesCC10, Puffinus (Ardenna) carneipesCC10, Pu. carnipesCC10; incl. Nectris carbonaria Mathews 1912CC10, Pu. carbonaria Gray 1844CC10, Pu. carneipes carbonarius Mathews 1912 non P. carbonaria Gray 1844CC10, Hemipuffinus carneipes carbonariusCC10, Pu. carneipes hakodate Mathews 1912CC10, H. carneipes hakodateCC10, Pu. carneipes hullianus Mathews 1912CC10, H. carneipes hullianusCC10, Pu. carneipes neozelandicus Mathews 1926CC10, H. carneipes neozealandicusCC10, Pu. carneipes zealandicus Mathews 1926 non P. zealandicus Sandager 1890CC10]
Puffinus creatopus Coues 1864BKB15, CC10 [=Ardenna creatopa (l. c.)CC10, P. (Ardenna) creatopusCC10, P. carneipes creatopusCC10; incl. P. melanoleucus Philippi 1902CC10]
Puffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori 1869BKB15, CC10 [=Alphapuffinus assimilis elegansCC10, P. assimilis elegansCC10; incl. P. assimilis kempi Mathews 1912CC10, Alphapuffinus assimilis kempiCC10, P. kuhliana Mathews 1933CC10, P. assimilis kuhlianaCC10, Nectris munda Salvin 1876 non Procellaria munda Kuhl 1820CC10, P. munda Gray 1844 non Procellaria munda Kuhl 1820CC10, P. assimilis mundaCC10]
Puffinus gavia (Forster in Lichtenstein 1844)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria gaviaCC10, Aestrelata gaviaCC10, Fulmarus (Cookilaria) gaviaCC10, Procellaria assimilis gaviaCC10, Puffinus assimilis gaviaCC10, Pu. gaviusCC10, Reinholdia gaviaCC10; incl. R. reinholdi byroni Mathews 1913CC10, Pu. gavia byroniCC10, R. gavia byroniCC10, *Cinathisma cyaneoleuca Hull 1916CC10, R. reinholdi melanotis Mathews 1916CC10, R. reinholdi montaguei Mathews 1922CC10, R. gavia montagueiCC10, Puffinus reinholdi Mathews 1912CC10, *Reinholdia reinholdiCC10]
Puffinus gravis (O’Reilly 1818)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria gravisCC10, Ardenna gravisCC10; incl. Pr. major Faber 1822CC10, *Ardenna majorCC10, Puffinus majorCC10]
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin 1789)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria griseaCC10, Ardenna griseaCC10, Daption griseumCC10, Neonectris griseusCC10, *Paranectris griseaCC10; incl. Nectris amaurosoma Coues 1864CC10, Puffinus amaurosomaCC10, Nectris fuliginosus chilensis Bonaparte 1857CC10, Paranectris griseus chilensisCC10, Puffinus fuliginosus var. chilensisCC10, Pu. griseus chilensisCC10, Nectris fuliginosa Kuhl 1820CC10, Procellaria fuliginosa Forster in Lichtenstein 1844 nec Gmelin 1789 nec Shaw in White 1790CC10, Puffinus fuliginosus Strickland 1832CC10, Nectris fuliginosusCC10, Nectris gama Bonaparte 1857CC10, Neonectris griseus missus Mathews & Iredale 1915CC10, Neo. griseus nutcheri Mathews 1916CC10, Neo. griseus pescadoresi Mathews & Iredale 1915CC10, Puffinus stricklandi Ridgway in Baird, Brewer & Ridgway 1884CC10, Paranectris griseus stricklandiCC10, Procellaria tristis Forster in Lichtenstein 1844CC10, Puffinus tristisCC10]
Puffinus huttoni Mathews 1912BKB15, CC10 [=P. reinholdi huttoniCC10, P. gavia huttoniCC10, Reinholdia gavia huttoniCC10, R. reinholdi huttoniCC10; incl. P. leptorhynchus Mathews 1937CC10]
Puffinus kermadecensis Murphy 1927BKB15, CC10 [=P. assimilis kermadecensisCC10, Alphapuffinus assimilis kermadecensisCC10]
Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus Lesson 1831 [=Procellaria chlororhyncha, Thiellus chlororhynchus, Thyellodroma pacifica chlororhyncha, *Zalias chlororhynchus; incl. Puffinus pacificus alleni Mathews 1912, Pu. cuneatus Salvin 1888, Pu. pacificus cuneatus, Thyellodroma cuneata, Pu. pacificus hamiltoni Mathews 1912, Thy. pacifica hamiltoni, Pu. knudseni Stejneger 1888, Thy. cuneata knudseni, Pu. pacificus laysani Mathews 1912, Thy. cuneata laysani, Pu. pacificus royanus Mathews 1912, Thy. pacifica royana, Pu. sphenurus Gould 1844, Procellaria sphenura, Thiellus sphenurus, *Thyellodroma sphenura]CC10
Puffinus pacificus pacificus (Gmelin 1789) [incl. Nectris fuliginosa Gray 1844 non Kuhl 1820, Puffinus chlororhynchus iredali Mathews 1910, Pu. pacificus whitneyi Lowe 1925, Thyellodroma pacifica whitneyi]CC10
*Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich 1764)CC10, BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria puffinusCC10, *Cymotomus puffinusCC10, *Nectris puffinusCC10, *Rhipornis puffinusCC10, *Thyellas puffinusCC10; incl. Procellaria anglorum Temminck 1820CC10, Puffinus anglorumCC10, Pu. arcticus Faber 1822CC10, Pu. puffinus bermudae Nichols & Mowbray 1916CC10, Pu. manksii Coues 1864CC10, Pu. mcgalli Shufeldt 1916CC10, Pu. scotorum Partington 1837CC10]
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck 1836)BKB15, CC10 [=Procellaria tenuirostrisCC10, Ardenna tenuirostrisCC10, Nectris tenuirostrisCC10, Neonectris tenuirostrisCC10; incl. Pu. brevicaudus Gould 1847CC10, Nectris brevicaudaCC10, Nectris brevicaudusCC10, *Neonectris tenuirostris brevicaudusCC10, Priofinus brevicaudusCC10, Pu. tenuirostris brevicauda (l. c.)CC10, Puffinus brevicaudatusCC10, Nectris curilica Bonaparte 1857CC10, Neonectris tenuirostris grantianus Hull 1916CC10, Neo. tenuirostris hulli Mathews 1916CC10, Puffinus intermedius Hull 1911CC10]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[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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[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.
[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.