Rank Genus | Class Aves Phylum Chordata | |
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Similar Flesh‑footed shearwater, Short‑tailed shearwater, Pink‑footed shearwater, Buller's shearwater, Wedge‑tailed shearwater | ||
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Ardenna is a genus of seabirds in the family Procellariidae.
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It comprises a group medium-sized shearwaters. The species were for a long time included in the genus Puffinus but this genus was split based on the results of a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA. The genus had been introduced by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853, although the name was first used to refer to a seabird by Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603.
The genus contains the following seven species:
Great shearwater ardenna gravis formerly puffinus gravis swimming taking off in flight
References
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