List of prions
This is a list of the genera, species, and sub-species belonging to the prions, which belong to the Procellariiformes.[1]
Pachyptila
- 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, 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, Crozet Island, Amsterdam Island, and St. Paul Island[2]
- Pachyptila salvini salvini breeds on Prince Edward Islands and Crozet Island[2]
- Pachyptila salvini macgillivrayi breeds on Amsterdam Island and St. Paul Island[2]
Halobaena
- Halobaena caerulea, blue petrel breeds on islands in the southern Subantarctic islands and the islands off the coast of Cape Horn[2]
Footnotes
References
- 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. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 123–127. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
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