Subfamily Procellariinae Leach, 1820

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• Procellariidae Leach, W.E. 1820. Eleventh Room. pp. 65-70 in Leach, W.E. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. London : British Museum. [68] [original spelling].

  Type genus:

   ? Procellaria Linnaeus, 1758 [the type genus could be considered uncertain therefore use as the family-group name is questionable (Bock, 1994)].

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Procellariidae Boie, F. 1826. Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Isis von Oken 19(2): 969-981 [980].

  Type genus:

   Procellaria Linnaeus, 1758.

  Secondary source:

   Brodkorb, P. 1963. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum. Biological Sciences 7: 179-293 [242].
• Puffinidae Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1850. Die vollstandigste Naturgeschichte des In-und Auslandes. Abt. II. Vogel. Band III. Synopsis Avium. Part 1. Natatores. Dresden & Leipzig : Expedition der vollstiindigsten Naturgeschichte pp. 5 [= 14] and 113 plates.

  Type genus:

   Puffinus Brisson, 1760.

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Fulmaridae Bonaparte, C.L. 1853. Classification ornithologique par series. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 37(18): 641-647 [643] [conserved in the Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology or in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Op. 67, Direction 44].

  Type genus:

   Fulmarus Stephens, 1826.

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Prionidae Bonaparte, C.L. 1853. Classification ornithologique par series. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 37(18): 641-647.

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Wagelleae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 4 1(2): 105-152 [143].

  Type genus:

   Wagellus Gray, G.R., 1840 [a junior synonym of Fulmarus Stephens].

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Rhantistes Bonaparte, C.L. 1856. Espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux d'Asie et d'Amerique, et tableaux paralleliques des pelagiens ou gaviae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 41: 764-776 [768].

  Type genus:

   Rhantistes Reichenbach, 1853 [a junior synonym of Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856].

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Aestrelateae Bonaparte, C.L. 1857. Conspectus generum avium. Paris : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 232+23 pp. [published 1850-1857].

  Type genus:

   Aestrelata Bonaparte, C.L., 1856 [a junior synonym of Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856].
• Daptionidae Coues, E. 1866. Critical review of the family Procellaridae: Part IV; embracing the Aestrelateae and Prioneae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 18: 134-172 [134].

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Bulweriinae Garrod, A.H. 1874. On certain muscles of the thigh of birds and of their value in classification. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (2): 111-123 [117].

  Type genus:

   Bulweria Bonaparte, C.L., 1843.

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Prachyptilidae Oliver, W.R.B. 1930. New Zealand birds. Wellington : Wellington Fine Arts (N.Z.) pp.viii + 541. [102] [original spelling].

  Type genus:

   Pachyptila Illiger, 1811.

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Pterodromidae Verheyen, R. 1958. Note sur la classification des Procellariiformes (Tubinares). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (30): 1-22 [Rhantistes Reichenbach, 1853 and Aestrelata Bonaparte, 1856 were synonymized with Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856 prior to 1961, and Rhantistidae Bonaparte, 1856 and Aestrelatidae Bonaparte, 1857 have been replaced by Pterodromidae Verheyen, 1958 (1856) which takes precedence from 1856].

  Type genus:

   Pterodroma Bonaparte, C.L., 1856.

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Pagodromidae Verheyen, R. 1958. Note sur la classification des Procellariiformes (Tubinares). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (30): 1-22.

  Type genus:

   Pagodroma Bonaparte, C.L., 1856.

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].
• Macronectidae Verheyen, R. 1958. Note sur la classification des Procellariiformes (Tubinares). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (30): 1-22.

  Type genus:

   Macronectes Richmond, 1905.

  Secondary source:

   Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [130].

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