Ardenna

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Genus of birds

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::summary Genus of birds ::

Ardenna is a genus of seabirds in the family Procellariidae. These medium-sized to large shearwater species were formerly included in the genus Puffinus.

Taxonomy

A phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial DNA published in 2004 found that Puffinus contained two distinct clades and was polyphyletic, with Puffinus more closely related to Calonectris than to Ardenna. To create monophyletic genera a group of species were moved into Ardenna, a genus that had been introduced in 1853 by Ludwig Reichenbach with the great shearwater as the type species. Reichenbach cites the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi who in 1603 used the spelling "Artenna" for a seabird. Recent genomic studies have validated the phylogenetic distinction between Ardenna and Puffinus, though this study finding Ardenna rather than Puffinus being closer to Calonectris.

Species

Extant

The genus contains seven extant species as shown below: ::data[format=table] | Image | Scientific name | Common name | last1=del Hoyo|first1=Josep |title=All the birds of the world |date=2020 |publisher=Lynx Edicions |location=Barcelona |isbn=978-84-16728-37-4 |page=201}} | |---|---|---|---| | [[File:Wdgie walking.JPG|120px]] | A. pacifica | Wedge-tailed shearwater | Breeds on islands in warm temperate and tropical areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans between 30°N and 30°S, foraging in surrounding waters. | | [[File:Bullershearwater.jpg|120px]] | A. bulleri | Buller's shearwater | Breeds New Zealand, foraging across most of the Pacific Ocean north to 60°N. | | [[File:Sooty shearwater kaikoura.jpg|120px]] | A. grisea | Sooty shearwater | Breeds Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands, southeast Australia, New Zealand, foraging widespread in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans north to 65°N (rarely 70°N). | | [[File:Puffinus tenuirostris 2.jpg|120px]] | A. tenuirostris | Short-tailed shearwater | Breeds southern Australia, foraging across most of the western and central Pacific Ocean and marginally into the Arctic Ocean, north to 70°N. | | [[File:Pink-footed shearwater reesman odfw (15616069021).jpg|120px]] | A. creatopus | Pink-footed shearwater | Breeds Juan Fernandez and Mocha Islands off Chile, foraging in the eastern Pacific Ocean north to 60°N. | | [[File:Flesh 123.JPG|120px]] | A. carneipes | Flesh-footed shearwater | Breeds southern Indian Ocean (Amsterdam Island) and southwest Pacific Ocean including Lord Howe Island, South Australia and northern New Zealand, foraging across most of the western and central Pacific Ocean north to 60°N. | | [[File:Greater shearwater (Ardenna gravis) Sagres.jpg|120px]] | A. gravis | Great shearwater | Breeds southern Atlantic Ocean on Tristan da Cunha group, also small numbers on the Falkland Islands, foraging across most of the Atlantic Ocean north to 65°N. | ::

Extinct

The genus contains five extinct species as shown below: ::data[format=table]

Scientific name	Stratigraphic age	Distribution
A. buchananbrowni	Late Pliocene	New Zealand
A. conradi	Middle Miocene	Maryland, USA
A. davealleni	Late Pliocene	New Zealand
A. gilmorei	Late Pliocene	California, USA
A. pacificoides	Pleistocene	Saint Helena
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Phylogeny

Phylogeny based on a study by Joan Ferrer Obiol and collaborators published in 2022. |label1=Ardenna |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=Buller's shearwater Ardenna bulleri |2=Wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica |2={{clade |1=Short-tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris |2={{clade |1=Sooty shearwater Ardenna grisea |2={{clade |1=Great shearwater Ardenna gravis |2={{clade |1=Flesh-footed shearwater Ardenna carneipes |2=Pink-footed shearwater Ardenna creatopus

References

"Procellariidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics.
(2004). "Analysis of the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Procellariformes based on complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome ''b'' gene". Emu.
{{ cite web. Remsen. J.V.. "Proposal (647) to South American Classification Committee: Split ''Ardenna'' from ''Puffinus''". South American Classification Committee. (September 2014). link
Reichenbach, H. G. Ludwig. (1853). "Avium systema naturale". Expedition der vollständigsten naturgeschichte.
Mayr, Ernst. (1979). "Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 1 Second edition )". Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
Aldrovandi, Ulisse. (1603). "Vlyssis Aldrovandi philosophi ac medici Bononiensis historiam naturalem in gymnasio Bononiensi profitentis, Ornithologiae". Apud Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem.
(July 2021). "Substitution rate variation in a robust procellariiform seabird phylogeny is not solely explained by body mass, flight efficiency, population size or life history traits".
(July 2021). "Petrels, albatrosses". International Ornithologists' Union.
(2020). "All the birds of the world". Lynx Edicions.
(2024). "A New Diving Pliocene ''Ardenna'' Shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand". Taxonomy.
(2022). "Palaeoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds". Journal of Biogeography.

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