ADW: Pterodroma: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Procellariiformes (tube-nosed seabirds)
        
        Family Procellariidae (petrels and shearwaters)
        
        Genus Pterodroma (petrels)
        
        Species Pterodroma alba (phoenix petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma arminjoniana (herald petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma aterrima (Mascarene petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma atrata (Henderson petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma axillaris (Chatham Islands petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma baraui (Barau's petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma cahow (Bermuda petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma cervicalis (white-necked petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma cookii (Cook's petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma defilippiana (Defilippe's petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma externa (Juan Fernandez petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma feae (Cape Verde petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma hasitata (black-capped petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma hypoleuca (Bonin islands petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma incerta (Atlantic petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma inexpectata (mottled petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma lessonii (white-headed petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould's petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma longirostris (Stejneger's petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma macroptera (great-winged petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma madeira (Madeira petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma magentae (magenta petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma mollis (soft-plumaged petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma neglecta (Kermadec petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma nigripennis (black-winged petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma occulta (Vanuatu petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma phaeopygia (dark-rumped petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma phillipii (Mount Pitt petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma pycrofti (Pycroft's petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma sandwichensis (Hawaiian Petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma solandri (providence petrel)
        
        Species Pterodroma ultima (Murphy's petrel)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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