Fulmarine petrel
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Through Atlantic Ocean, Polar regions and Extinction
Fossils of fulmarine petrels dating back to the Upper Miocene have been found in Menorca.
Taxonomy
A multigene genetic study published in 2021 provided a genus-level phylogeny of extant genera in the family and showed that the fulmarine patrels make an apparent clade.
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Species by genus
Macronectes
Macronectes includes:
- Macronectes halli, northern giant petrel, located in the southern oceans, north of the Antarctic Convergence
- Macronectes giganteus, southern giant petrel, located in the southern oceans, and southern polar region south to the pack ice
Fulmarus
Fulmarus includes:
- Fulmarus glacialis, northern fulmar, breeds in the North Atlantic, along the coast of eastern Siberia, and the Alaskan Peninsula. Ranges through the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean,
- Fulmarus glacialis glacialis breeds in the high Arctic region of the North Atlantic
- Fulmarus glacialis auduboni breeds in the low Arctic and boreal Arctic of the North Atlantic
- Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii breeds along the coast of eastern Siberia and the Alaskan Peninsula
- Fulmarus glacialoides, southern fulmar, located in the southern polar region; South Atlantic Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Thalassoica
Thalassoica includes:
- Thalassoica antarctica, Antarctic petrel, breeds along the Antarctic coast and on the Antarctic islands. Ranges through the southern polar region
Daption
Daption includes:
- Daption capense, Cape petrel, breeds on the circumpolar and New Zealand subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern polar region, and coastal waters off the west coast of South America
- Daption capense capense breeds on the circumpolar subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern oceans
- Daption capense australe breeds on the New Zealand subantarctic islands, ranges throughout the southern oceans
Pagodroma
Pagodroma includes:
- Pagodroma nivea, snow petrel, located in the southern polar region
- Pagodroma nivea nivea, breeds on the South Georgia Islands and adjacent islands, Scotia Arc, and the Antarctic Peninsula
- Pagodroma nivea confusa, breeds on the South Sandwich Islands and the Géologie Archipelago
Pterodromoides
Pterodromoides is a monotypic genus of extinct fulmarine petrels containing only Pterodromoides minoricensis
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