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Table 2 in Petrel extinction in Macaronesia (North-East Atlantic Ocean): the case of the genus Pterodroma (Aves: Procellariiformes: Procellariidae)

  • 1. Departamento de Biología Animal, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), E- 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife-Canary Islands, Spain
  • 2. Ulmenstrasse 21, D- 24223 Schwentinental, Germany
  • 3. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Ce 3 C) and Azorean Biodiversity Group, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700 - 042 Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Açores, Portugal
  • 4. Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB, Center of Excellence María de Maeztu), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma - Balearic Islands, Spain
  • 5. Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB, Center of Excellence María de Maeztu), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma - Balearic Islands, Spain & Affiliated Researcher ad Honorem of CSIC, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB, Center of Excellence María de Maeztu), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma - Balearic Islands, Spain

Description

Table 2. Skull and mandible measurements of current species of Pterodroma (Pt. madeira from Madeira Island, Pt. deserta from Bugio Islet, Madeira Archipelago, Pt. feae from Cape Verde Archipelago, and Pt. cahow from Bermuda Island) and Pt. zinorum from Pico Island (Azores Archipelago), Pterodroma sp. A from North Dunes of Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago), and Pterodroma sp. from Canary Islands. Sample size, mean length ± standard error (mm), and range are given. Measurements as in Rando (2002).

Pt. madeiraPt. desertaPt. feaePt. cahowPt. zinorumPterodroma sp. APterodroma sp.
MadeiraBugioCape VerdeBermudasp. nov.Porto SantoCanary Islands
Pico
Skull
Length(1) 66.7(3) 74.2 ± 1.5(1) 71.3(1) 71.7(3) 64.8 ± 1.8(1) 72.2(1) 76.7
76.3–72.766.4–62.3
Height(1) 19.7(3) 20.4 ± 0.1(1) 20.2(1) 20.1(5) 20.3 ± 0.2(2) 23.1 ± 0.7
20.3–20.420–20.423.6–22.6
Width(1) 26.7(3) 29.5 ± 0.7(1) 28(1) 28.8(1) 26.3(1) 30.1
30.2–28.6
Interorbital width(1) 9.6(3) 10.1 ± 0.1(1) 10.1(1) 8.5(5) 9.7 ± 0.6(2) 9.6 ± 0.1(2) 10 ± 0.9
10.1–1010.3–8.79.6–9.59.3–10.7
Maxila dorsal length(4) 32.6 ± 0.6(3) 36.8 ± 0.4(1) 35.3(1) 35.2(2) 31.4 ± 1.2(1) 34.7(1) 39.5
33.6–31.837.1–36.232.5–30.2
Maxilla length(3) 29.1 ± 0.4(3) 31.5 ± 1(1) 31.6(1) 30.9(2) 26.2 ± 0.2(1) 29.9(1) 33.1
(from jugal articula-29.6– 28.632.9–30.826.4–26
tion)
Culmen length (from(6) 18.5 ± 0.4(3) 20.2 ± 0.8(1) 19.6(1) 19.6(3) 16.9 ± 0.9(1) 18.8(1) 21.3
anterior edge of narina)19.2–1821.2–19.517.9–15.8
Culmen width(3) 11.1 ± 0.7(3) 13.2 ± 0.5(1) 13(1) 11.1(2) 14 ± 0.5
11.8–10.113.8–12.714.4 –13.7
Width of the(4) 8.8 ± 0.4(3) 10.8 ± 0.2(1) 10.4(1) 10.1(5) 8.5 ± 0.3(1) 8.9(2) 11.6
nasofrontal join9.1–8.111–10.68.9–8.111.6–11.6
Mandible
Length(1) 52.35(3) 58.4 ± 0.6(1) 56.9(1) 60.2-
59.2-57.6

Notes

Published as part of Rando, Juan C., Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando, Torres-Roig, Enric & Alcover, Josep Antoni, 2024, Petrel extinction in Macaronesia (North-East Atlantic Ocean): the case of the genus Pterodroma (Aves: Procellariiformes: Procellariidae), pp. 6 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (2) on page 6, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae123, http://zenodo.org/record/14544813

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  • Rando JC. New data of fossil birds from El Hierro (Canary Islands): probable causes of extinction and some biogeographical considerations. Ardeola 2002; 49: 39 - 49.