Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Procellariiformes

Procellariidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bulweria Bonaparte, 1843
Calonectris Mathews & Iredale, 1915
Daption Stephen, 1826
Fulmarus Stephens, 1826
Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856
Puffinus Brisson, 1760

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): stormfuglfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: stormvogels en pijlstormvogels

English: fulmars; petrels & prions; shearwaters sources: MASDEA (1997).

Norwegian: stormfuglfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: stormfuglfamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: stormfuglfamilien

Nynorsk (Norwegian): stormfuglfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: liror

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Procellariidae. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136998

Drs Cees Roselaar. Procellariidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=10727