Origins, phytogeny and taxonomy of the gadfly petrels Pterodroma spp

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: IMBER, M. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1985
• Subjects: Fulmar; Indian; Kerguelen; New Zealand; Pacific; North Atlantic; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1985.tb05055.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1985.tb05055.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1985.tb05055.x

Taxonomic characters of gadfly petrels (Procellariidae: Pterodroma spp.) are reviewed and the genus is redefined. The structure of the upper intestines, which have become helicoidally twisted to varying degrees in most species, is an important character not hitherto used. Results of a phylogenetic s...