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Pterodroma  Bonaparte, 1856
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174566

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderProcellariiformes  – petrels, tubenoses, albatros, tubinares, pétrels  
                            FamilyProcellariidae Leach, 1820 – fulmars, pétrels, Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters  
                               GenusPterodroma Bonaparte, 1856  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Pterodroma alba (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) – Pétrel à poitrine blanche, freira-das-fénix, Petrel de las Fénix, Phoenix Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma arminjoniana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) – Pétrel de Trindade, freira-da-trindade, Petrel de la Trindade, Trindade Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma atrata (Mathews, 1912) – Henderson Petrel, Pétrel de Henderson, freira-de-henderson, Petrel de la Henderson 
                                  Species Pterodroma axillaris (Salvin, 1893) – Chatham Islands Petrel, Pétrel des Chatham, freira-das-chatham, Petrel de las Chatham 
                                  Species Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin, 1964) – Pétrel de Barau, freira-de-barau, Petrel de Barau, Barau's Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma brevipes (Peale, 1849) – Collared Petrel, Pétrel à collier, freira-de-colar, Petrel acollarado 
                                  Species Pterodroma cahow (Nichols & Mowbray, 1916) – Pétrel des Bermudes, freira-das-bermudas, Petrel cahow, Bermuda Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma caribbaea Carte, 1866 – Jamaican Petrel, Pétrel de Jamaïque, freira-jamaicana, Petrel jamaicano 
                                  Species Pterodroma cervicalis (Salvin, 1891) – Petrel cuello blanco, White-necked Petrel, Pétrel à col blanc, freira-de-pescoço-branco, Petrel cuelliblanco 
                                  Species Pterodroma cookii (G. R. Gray, 1843) – Cook's Petrel, Pétrel de Cook, freira-de-cook, Petrel de Cook 
                                  Species Pterodroma defilippiana (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) – Masatierra Petrel, Pétrel de Filippi, freira-chilena, Petrel chileno 
                                  Species Pterodroma deserta Mathews, 1934 – Desertas Petrel, Pétrel des Desertas, freira-das-desertas, Petrel de las Desertas 
                                  Species Pterodroma externa (Salvin, 1875) – Pétrel de Juan Fernandez, freira-das-joão-fernandes, Petrel de las Juan Fernández, Petrel de Juan Fernández, Juan Fernandez Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma feae (Salvadori, 1900) – Fea's Petrel, Pétrel gongon, freira-de-cabo-verde, Petrel gongón 
                                  Species Pterodroma gouldi (F. W. Hutton, 1869) – Grey-faced Petrel, Pétrel à face grise, freira-de-faces-cinzentas, Petrel carigrís 
                                  Species Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl, 1820) – Pétrel diablotin, freira-das-antilhas, Petrel antillano, Black-capped Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma heraldica (Salvin, 1888) – Pétrel du Herald, freira-de-herald, Petrel del Herald, Herald Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma hypoleuca (Salvin, 1888) – Pétrel des Bonin, freira-das-bonin, Petrel de las Bonin, Bonin Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma incerta (Schlegel, 1863) – Pétrel de Schlegel, freira-de-schlegel, Petrel de Schlegel, Atlantic Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma inexpectata (J. R. Forster, 1844) – Pétrel maculé, freira-malhada, Petrel moteado, Mottled Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot, 1826) – Pétrel de Lesson, freira-de-cabeça-branca, Petrel cabeciblanco, White-headed Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844) – Pétrel de Gould, freira-de-garganta-branca, Petrel aliblanco, Gould's Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma longirostris (Stejneger, 1893) – freira-de-stejneger, Petrel de Más Afuera, Stejneger's Petrel, Pétrel de Stejneger 
                                  Species Pterodroma macroptera (A. Smith, 1840) – Pétrel noir, freira-d'asa-grande, Petrel aligrande, Great-winged Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma madeira Mathews, 1934 – Zino's Petrel, Pétrel de Madère, freira-da-madeira, Petrel freira 
                                  Species Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) – Magenta Petrel, Pétrel du Magenta, freira-de-magenta, Petrel taiko 
                                  Species Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) – Pétrel soyeux, freira-suave, Petrel suave, Soft-plumaged Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel, 1863) – Pétrel des Kermadec, freira-das-kermadec, Petrel de las Kermadec, Petrel de Kermadec, Kermadec Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild, 1893) – Pétrel à ailes noires, freira-d'asa-preta, Petrel alinegro, Petrel ala negra, Black-winged Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma occulta Imber & Tennyson, 2001 – Pétrel de Vanuatu, freira-de-vanuatu, Petrel de Vanuatu, Vanuatu Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma phaeopygia (Salvin, 1876) – Pétrel des Galapagos, freira-das-galápagos, Petrel de Galápagos, Galapagos Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma pycrofti Falla, 1933 – Pycroft's Petrel, Pétrel de Pycroft, freira-de-pycroft, Petrel de Pycroft 
                                  Species Pterodroma sandwichensis (Ridgway, 1884) – Hawaiian Petrel, Pétrel des Hawaï, freira-havaiana, Petrel hawaiano 
                                  Species Pterodroma solandri (Gould, 1844) – Pétrel de Solander, freira-de-solander, Petrel de Solander, Providence Petrel 
                                  Species Pterodroma ultima Murphy, 1949 – Pétrel de Murphy, freira-de-murphy, Petrel de Murphy, Murphy's Petrel 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Pterodroma    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Pterodroma    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025].   
  Reference for: Pterodroma   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pterodroma   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.14, website (version 14-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Pterodroma   
       
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