Editing Gadfly petrel (section)

==Taxonomy==
The genus ''Pterodroma'' was introduced in 1856 by the French naturalist [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1856 | title=Espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux d'Asie et d'Amérique, et tableaux paralléliques des Pélagiens ou Gaviae | language=French | journal=Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences | volume=42 | pages=764–776 [768] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1212582 }}</ref> The genus name combines the [[Ancient Greek]] ''pteron'' meaning "wing" with ''dromos '' meaning "racer" or "runner".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=322 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n322/mode/1up }}</ref> The [[type species]] was subsequently designated as the [[great-winged petrel]] by the American ornithologist [[Elliott Coues]] in 1866.<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Coues | first=Elliott | author-link=Elliott Coues | date=1866 | title=Critical review of the family Procellaridae: Part IV; Embracing the Aestrelateae and the Prioneae  | journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | volume=18 | pages=134–172 [137] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1861596 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1979 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=1 | edition=2nd | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=65 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108705 }}</ref>

The species listed here are those recognised in the online list maintained by [[Frank Gill (ornithologist)|Frank Gill]], [[Pamela Rasmussen]] and David Donsker on behalf of the [[International Ornithological Committee]] (IOC), also [[Tennyson et al. 2015]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boc-online.org/bulletins/downloads/BBOC1353-Tennyson.pdf}}</ref> The genus includes 36 species, of which two have become possibly extinct in historical times.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=August 2024 | title=Petrels, albatrosses | work=IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/petrels/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=3 September 2022 }}</ref>

* [[Great-winged petrel]], ''Pterodroma macroptera'' – Indian and Atlantic Oceans
* [[White-headed petrel]], ''Pterodroma lessonii'' – Southern Ocean
* [[Grey-faced petrel]], ''Pterodroma gouldi'' – Pacific Ocean
* [[Atlantic petrel]], ''Pterodroma incerta'' – south Atlantic Ocean
* [[Providence petrel]], ''Pterodroma solandri'' – west Pacific Ocean
* [[Magenta petrel]], ''Pterodroma magentae'' – south Pacific Ocean, but poorly known
* [[Murphy's petrel]], ''Pterodroma ultima'' – east and central  Pacific Ocean
* [[Soft-plumaged petrel]], ''Pterodroma mollis'' – Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and margins of western Pacific Ocean
* [[Zino's petrel]] or Madeira petrel, ''Pterodroma madeira'' – east Atlantic Ocean
* [[Fea's petrel]], ''Pterodroma feae'' – Atlantic Ocean
* [[Desertas petrel]], ''Pterodroma deserta'' (disputed) – Atlantic Ocean
* [[Bermuda petrel]], ''Pterodroma cahow'' – northwest Atlantic Ocean
* [[Black-capped petrel]], ''Pterodroma hasitata'' – Atlantic Ocean: Cuba and Hispaniola to Martinique
* [[Jamaican petrel]], ''Pterodroma caribbaea'' (possibly [[extinct]]) – Atlantic Ocean: Jamaica
* [[Juan Fernández petrel]], ''Pterodroma externa'' – east Pacific Ocean
* [[Vanuatu petrel]] or Falla's petrel, ''Pterodroma occulta'' – southwest Pacific Ocean
* [[Kermadec petrel]], ''Pterodroma neglecta'' – Pacific Ocean with eccentric breeding in the Indian Ocean on [[Île Ronde, Mauritius|Round Island, Mauritius]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Brooke | first1=M.D.L. | last2=Imber | first2=M. | last3=Rowe | first3=G. | date=2000 | title=Occurrence of two surface-breeding species of ''Pterodroma'' on Round Island, Indian Ocean | journal=Ibis | volume=142 | issue=1 | pages=154–158 | doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.2000.tb07700.x}}</ref>
* [[Herald petrel]], ''Pterodroma heraldica'' – southwest Pacific Ocean – split from ''P. arminjoniana''<ref name=sacc582>{{ cite web | last=Jaramillo  | first=Alvaro | date=July 2013 | title=Proposal 582: Split ''Pterodroma heraldica'' and ''P. atrata'' from ''P. arminjoniana'' | publisher=South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union | url=http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop582.htm | access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
* [[Trindade petrel]], ''Pterodroma arminjoniana'' – south Atlantic Ocean, with eccentric breeding on [[Île Ronde, Mauritius|Round Island, Mauritius]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Brown | first1=Ruth M. | last2=Jordan | first2=William C. | date=2009 | title=Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from Round Island petrels (''Pterodroma arminjoniana'') and their utility in other seabird species | journal=Journal of Ornithology | volume=150 | issue=4 | pages=925–929 | doi=10.1007/s10336-009-0411-5 | doi-access=free | bibcode=2009JOrni.150..925B }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Brown | first1=R.M. | last2=Jordan | first2=W.C. | last3=Faulkes | first3=C.G. | last4=Jones | first4=C.G. | last5=Bugoni | first5=L. | last6=Tatayah | first6=V. | last7=Palma | first7=R.L. | last8=Nichols | first8=R.A. | date=2011 | title=Phylogenetic relationships in ''Pterodroma'' petrels are obscured by recent secondary contact and hybridization | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=6 | issue=5 | pages=e20350 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0020350 | pmid=21655247 | pmc=3105042 | bibcode=2011PLoSO...620350B | doi-access=free }}</ref> 
* [[Henderson petrel]], ''Pterodroma atrata'' – southeast Pacific Ocean – split from ''P. arminjoniana''<ref name=sacc582/>
* [[Phoenix petrel]], ''Pterodroma alba'' – southwest Pacific Ocean
* [[Barau's petrel]], ''Pterodroma baraui'' – southwest Indian Ocean
* [[Hawaiian petrel]], ''Pterodroma sandwichensis'' – central Pacific Ocean
* [[Galápagos petrel]], ''Pterodroma phaeopygia'' – central Pacific Ocean
* [[Mottled petrel]], ''Pterodroma inexpectata'' – Pacific Ocean
* [[White-necked petrel]], ''Pterodroma cervicalis'' – west Pacific Ocean
* [[Black-winged petrel]], ''Pterodroma nigripennis'' – west Pacific Ocean with eccentric breeding in the Indian Ocean on Round Island, Mauritius<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Merton | first1=Don | last2=Bell | first2=Mike | date=2003 | title=New seabird records from Round Island, Mauritius | journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club | volume=123 | pages=212–215 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40416259 }}</ref>
* [[Chatham Islands petrel]], ''Pterodroma axillaris'' – southwest Pacific Ocean
* [[Bonin petrel]], ''Pterodroma hypoleuca'' – northwest Pacific Ocean
* [[Gould's petrel]], ''Pterodroma leucoptera'' – south Pacific Ocean
* [[Collared petrel]], ''Pterodroma brevipes'' – southwest Pacific Ocean
* [[Cook's petrel]], ''Pterodroma cookii'' – Pacific Ocean
* [[Masatierra petrel]], ''Pterodroma defilippiana'' – east Pacific Ocean
* [[Stejneger's petrel]], ''Pterodroma longirostris'' – north and east Pacific Ocean
* [[Pycroft's petrel]], ''Pterodroma pycrofti'' – southwest Pacific Ocean
* [[Saint Helena petrel|Large Saint Helena Petrel]], ''Pterodroma rupinarum –'' south Atlantic
* [[Imber's petrel]], ''Pterodroma imberi –'' Chatham Islands