Westland Petrel / Procellaria westlandica
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Westland Petrel
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Protonym: Procellaria parkinsoni westlandica Rec.CanterburyMus. 5 p.111
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Procellariidae / Procellaria
Taxonomy Code: wespet1
Type Locality: Barrytown, Westland, South Island, New Zealand.
Author: Falla
Publish Year: 1946
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
PROCELLARIA
(Procellariidae; Ϯ White-chinned Petrel P. aequinoctialis) Mod. L. procellarius of the storm < L. procella storm, gale < procellere to cast down < pro before, of; -cello quick, speedy < celer, celeris quick; the White-chinned Petrel seems at home in the most violent tempests, and was described from the waters of the Cape of Good Hope (originally known as the Cape of Storms); "64. PROCELLARIA. Rostrum edentulum, subcompressum: Mandibulis æqualibus: superiore apice adunca; inferiore apice compresso-canaliculata. Nares cylindro supra basin rostri decumbente, truncato. Pedes palmati: ungue postico sessili absque digito. ... Procellariæ aves pelagicæ sunt, nec ad continentis, littora conspiciuntur, exposit a omnibus procellis." (Linnaeus 1758); "Procellaria Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 131. Type, by subsequent designation, Procellaria æquinoctialis Linné (Gray, List Gen. and Subgen. Bds., 1840, p. 78)." (Peters 1931, I, 52). Linnaeus's Procellaria comprised three species (P. pelagica, P. æquinoctialis, P. capensis).
Var. Porcellaria.
Synon. Adamastor, Cymatobolus, Majaqueus, Priofinus.
westlandica
Westland Division, South I., New Zealand.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
