List of prions explained

This is a list of the genera, species, and subspecies 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
• Pachyptila crassirostris, fulmar prion breeds on Auckland Island, Snares Island, Bounty Islands, Chatham Island, New Zealand, and Heard Island
  • Pachyptila crassirostris crassirostris breeds on Snares Island, Bounty Islands, and Chatham Island, New Zealand
  • Pachyptila crassirostris eatoni breeds on Heard Island and Auckland Island
• Pachyptila vittata, broad-billed prion breeds on islands off of New Zealand and Tristan da Cunha group
• Pachyptila desolata, Antarctic prion breeds on Crozet Island,^[3] Kerguelen Island, Macquarie Island, Auckland Island, Heard Island, Scott Island, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, and the Scotia Arc
  • Pachyptila desolata desolata breeds on Crozet Island, Kerguelen Island, and Macquarie Island
  • Pachyptila desolata altera breeds on Auckland Island and Heard Island
  • Pachyptila desolata banksi breeds on South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, Scott Island, and the Scotia Arc
• Pachyptila salvini, Salvin's prion breeds on Prince Edward Islands and Crozet Island
• Pachyptila macgillivrayi, MacGillivray's prion breeds on St. Paul Island and Gough Island^[4]

Halobaena

• Halobaena caerulea, blue petrel breeds on islands in the southern Subantarctic islands and the islands off the coast of Cape Horn

References

• Book: Clements . James . The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World . 6 . 2007 . Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY . 978-0-8014-4501-9 .
• Encyclopedia: Maynard . B. J.. Michael . Hutchins. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia . Shearwaters, petrels, and fulmars (procellariidae) . 2 . 2003 . Gale Group. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins . Farmington Hills, MI. 0-7876-5784-0 . 123–127.

Notes and References

1. Maynard, B. J. (2003)
2. Clements, J. (2007)
3. Shepherd . Lara D. . Tennyson . Alan J. D. . Miskelly . Colin M. . 2024-02-08 . Mitochondrial DNA structuring of Antarctic prions (Pachyptila desolata, Procellariidae) . Tuhinga . en . 35 . 1–9 . 10.3897/tuhinga.35.115090 . free . 2253-5861.
4. News: RSPB recruit island wardens. BBC News . 27 April 2023 .