Ardenna Explained
Ardenna is a genus of seabirds in the family Procellariidae. These medium-sized 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.[1] [2] 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.[3] [4] Reichenbach cites the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi who in 1603 used the spelling "Artenna" for a seabird.[5] [6] Recent genomic studies have validated the phylogenetic distinction between Ardenna and Puffinus.[7]
Species
Extant
The genus contains seven extant species as shown below:[8]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|
| A. pacifica | | Northern and Western Australia |
| A. bulleri | | across most of the Pacific Ocean |
| A. grisea | Sooty shearwater or muttonbird | widespread in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans |
| A. tenuirostris | Short-tailed shearwater or muttonbird | Southern Australia |
| A. creatopus | | Pacific Ocean |
| A. carneipes | | southwest Pacific Ocean includes Lord Howe Island, South Australia and northern New Zealand |
| A. gravis | | Atlantic |
|
Extinct
The genus contains five extinct species as shown below:[9]
| Scientific name | Stratigraphic age | Distribution |
|---|
| A. buchananbrowni | | New Zealand |
| A. conradi | | Maryland, USA |
| A. davealleni | | New Zealand |
| A. gilmorei | | California, USA |
| | Saint Helena |
|
Phylogeny
Phylogeny based on a study by Joan Ferrer Obiol and collaborators published in 2022.[10]
Notes and References
- Penhallurick . John . Wink . Michael . 2004 . Analysis of the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Procellariformes based on complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene . Emu . 104 . 2 . 125–147 . 10.1071/MU01060. 2004EmuAO.104..125P . 83202756 .
- Web site: Remsen . J.V. . Proposal (647) to South American Classification Committee: Split Ardenna from Puffinus . South American Classification Committee . September 2014 . 23 January 2016.
- Book: Reichenbach, H. G. Ludwig . 1853 . Avium systema naturale . Dresden and Leipzig . Expedition der vollständigsten naturgeschichte . IV . The title page has 1850 (original title page missing in the BHL scan but available from BSB). The Preface is dated 1852 but Mayr 1979 gives the year as 1853.
- Book: Mayr, Ernst . Ernst Mayr . 1979 . Order Struthioniformes . Mayr . Ernst . Cottrell . G. William . Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 1 Second edition) . 1 . Cambridge, Mass. . Museum of Comparative Zoology . 89 .
- Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 54 .
- Book: Aldrovandi, Ulisse . Ulisse Aldrovandi . 1603 . Vlyssis Aldrovandi philosophi ac medici Bononiensis historiam naturalem in gymnasio Bononiensi profitentis, Ornithologiae . 3 . Latin . Bononiae (Bologna, Italy) . Apud Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem . 58 .
- Estandia . A . Chesser . RT . James . HF . Levy . MA . Ferrer Obiol . J . Bretagnolle . V . Gonzales-Solis . J . Welch . AJ . Substitution rate variation in a robust procellariiform seabird phylogeny is not solely explained by body mass, flight efficiency, population size or life history traits . bioRxiv . July 2021 . 10.1101/2021.07.27.453752. 236502443 .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2021 . Petrels, albatrosses . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 17 December 2021 .
- Tennyson . A. J. D. . Salvador . R. B. . Tomotani . B. M. . Marx . F. G. . A New Diving Pliocene Ardenna Shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand . 2024 . Taxonomy . 4 . 2 . 237–249 . 10.3390/taxonomy4020012 . free . 10037/33366 . free .
- Ferrer Obiol . J. . James . H.F. . Chesser . R.T. . Bretagnolle . V. . González-Solís . J. . Rozas . J. . Welch . A.J. . Riutort . M. . 2022 . Palaeoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds . Journal of Biogeography . 49 . 1 . 171–188 . 10.1111/jbi.14291 . free . 2022JBiog..49..171F . 2445/193747 . free .
