| Ardenna | |
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| Buller's shearwater (Ardenna bulleri) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Ardenna Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Puffinus major [1] = Procellaria gravis Faber, 1822 | |
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Ardenna is a genus of seabirds in the family Procellariidae. These medium-sized shearwater species were formerly included in the genus Puffinus .
A phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial DNA published in 2004 found that Puffinus contained two distinct clades and was polyphyletic. [2] [3] 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. [4] [5] Reichenbach cites the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi who in 1603 used the spelling "Artenna" for a seabird. [6] [7] Recent genomic studies have validated the phylogenetic distinction between Ardenna and Puffinus. [8]
The genus contains seven extant species as shown below: [9]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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 | A. pacifica | Wedge-tailed shearwater | Northern and Western Australia |
 | A. bulleri | Buller's shearwater | across 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 | Pink-footed shearwater | Pacific Ocean |
 | A. carneipes | Flesh-footed shearwater | southwest Pacific Ocean includes Lord Howe Island, South Australia and northern New Zealand |
 | A. gravis | Great shearwater | Atlantic |
The genus contains five extinct species as shown below: [10]
| Scientific name | Stratigraphic age | Distribution |
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| A. buchananbrowni | Late Pliocene | New Zealand |
| A. conradi | Middle Miocene | Maryland, USA |
| A. davealleni | Late Pliocene | New Zealand |
| A. gilmorei | Late Pliocene | California, USA |
| A. pacificoides | Pleistocene | Saint Helena |
Phylogeny based on a study by Joan Ferrer Obiol and collaborators published in 2022. [11]
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