Hydrobatinae
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Hydrobatinae is one of two subfamilies of storm petrels. The distribution of the subfamily is predominantly in the northern hemisphere. The subfamily contains two (sometimes three) genera
in which there are 14 species. They were the first group of storm petrels to break off from the ancestral petrel stock, and for this reason some authors have suggested that they should constitute a separate family
from the Oceanitinae
storm petrels.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in which there are 14 species. They were the first group of storm petrels to break off from the ancestral petrel stock, and for this reason some authors have suggested that they should constitute a separate family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
from the Oceanitinae
Oceanitinae
Oceanitinae is one of two subfamilies of storm-petrels. Because the distribution of the subfamily is predominantly in the southern hemisphere they are sometimes known as the southern storm-petrels. The subfamily contains five genera in which there are eight species...
storm petrels.
- Subfamily Hydrobatinae
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
- Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae
- Least Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma microsoma
- Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma tethys
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma castro
- Monteiro's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma monteiroi
- Cape Verde Storm Petrel Oceanodroma jabejabe
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis
- Guadalupe Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma macrodactyla (extinct)
- Tristram's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma tristrami
- Markham's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma markhami
- Black Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma melania
- Ashy Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma homochroa
- Hornby's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma hornbyi
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma furcata