Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 (sooty shearwater)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Alternative combinations: Procellaria grisea, Puffinus (Puffinus) griseus, Puffinus griseus

Belongs to Ardenna according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Bourne 1967, Guthrie 1992, Miller and DeMay 1942, Olson 1975, Steadman 1994, Tennyson and Millener 1994, Tennyson and Scofield 2013, Watanabe et al. 2020, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Worthy 1998 and Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003

Sister taxa: Ardenna bulleri, Ardenna carneipes, Ardenna davealleni, Ardenna gilmorei, Ardenna gravis, Ardenna pacifica, Ardenna tenuirostris

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), Australia (1), Chile (1), French Southern Territories (1), Japan (4), New Zealand (9), Saint Helena (1), Spain (1), United States (14: California)

• Pliocene of Chile (1)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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