Biology:Fulmarine petrel

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Short description: Group of birds

Fulmarine petrels
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Northern fulmar
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Five extant genera and seven species

The fulmarine petrels or fulmar-petrels are a distinct group of petrels within the family Procellariidae. They are the most variable of the four groups within the Procellariidae, differing greatly in size and biology. They do, however, have a unifying feature, their skull, and in particular their nasal tubes. They are predominantly found in the Southern Ocean with one species, the northern fulmar, ranging in the North Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.[1]

Fossils of fulmarine petrels dating back to the Upper Miocene have been found in Menorca.[2]

Species

References

  1. Weathers, W. W.; Gerhart, K. L.; Hodum, P. J. (2000-12-01). "Thermoregulation in Antarctic fulmarine petrels" (in en). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170 (8): 561–572. doi:10.1007/s003600000134. ISSN 1432-136X. PMID 11192262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003600000134. 
  2. Segui, Bartomeu; Quintana, Josep; Fornos, Joan J.; Alcover, Josep Antoni (September 2001). "A New Fulmarine Petrel (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Upper Miocene of the Western Mediterranean" (in en). Palaeontology 44 (5): 933–948. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00209. ISSN 0031-0239. Bibcode2001Palgy..44..933S. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-4983.00209. 

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