Pseudobulweria

Tahiti Petrel ( Pseudobulweria rostrata )

Pseudobulweria is a Seevogelgattung from the family of petrels. The four extant members of this genus were found in the genre of hook shearwater ( Pterodroma ) despite morphological differences long. Based on analyzes of mtDNA cytochrome b sequences was found, however, that these taxa are more closely related to the shearwaters of the genus Puffinus, as with the hooks shearwaters. Therefore, they were transferred in 1936, created by Gregory Mathews genus Pseudobulweria 1998.

Three Pseudobulweria - threatened species are classified in the category of extinction by the IUCN. The Macgillivray 's Petrel ( Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi ) and the Salomon Petrel ( Pseudobulweria becki ) are among the rarest and least known seabirds in the world. Both species were long considered lost until they were rediscovered in 1984 and 2006 respectively. The main hazard rats and feral cats are. When Maskarenensturmvogel ( Pseudobulweria aterrima ) from the island of Réunion even fatal running injuries are added with lighting systems. The Tahiti Petrel ( Pseudobulweria rostrata ) is still relatively common and is near threatened ( near threatened ). The St. Helena Giant Petrel ( Pseudobulweria rupinarum ) is known only from subfossilem bone material from the island of St. Helena.

Bones of a previously undescribed extinct Pseudobulweria - type were found on Taravai, Agakauitai and Mangareva. Subfossil bone from Rodrigues were assigned to the Maskarenensturmvogel.