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 NameDistribution
A. pacificaNorthern and Western Australia
A. bulleriacross 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 ageDistribution
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

  1. 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 .
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 .
  5. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 54 .
  6. 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 .
  7. 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 .
  8. 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 .
  9. 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 .
  10. 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 .