After Olson, 1985, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, Feduccia, 1980, 1997, Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Puffinus Brisson, 1760 (liitäjät; shearwaters) |?- †P. sp. |?- †P. raemdonckii Brodkorb, 1963 |?- †P. arvernensis |?- †P. micraulax |?-o P. auricularis C.H. Townsend, 1890 (meksikonpikkuliitäjä) | |-- P. a. newelli (Newell's Shearwater) | `-- P. a. auricularis (Townsend's Shearwater) |?- P. bannermani Mathews & Iredale, 1915 (Bannerman's Shearwater) |?- P. diomedea (keltanokkaliitäjä) |?- P. gavia J.R. Forster, 1844 (uudenseelanninliitäjä; pakaha) |?- P. heinrothi Reichenow, 1919 (haamuliitäjä) |?- P. huttoni Mathews, 1912 (tummapikkuliitäjä) |?- P. opisthomelas Coues, 1864 (kalifornianpikkuliitäjä) |?- P. persicus Hume, 1872 (Persian Shearwater) |?- P. spelaeus (luolaliitääjä) |--o (Thyellodroma) | |-- †P. (T.) sp. [Lee Creek Formation, North Carolina] [Olson & Rasmussen, 2001] | |-- †P. (T.) pacificoides Olson, 1975 (santhelenanliitäjä) [St. Helena Isl.] | |-- P. (T.) pacificus (Gmelin, 1789) (suippopyrstöliitäjä) | `-- P. (T.) bulleri Salvin, 1888 (juovasiipiliitäjä) |--o (Hemipuffinus) | |-- P. (H.) carneipes Gould, 1844 (rusojalkaliitäjä) | `-- P. (H.) creatopus Coues, 1864 (paksuniskaliitäjä) `--+--o (Ardenna) | |-- †P. (A.) conradi Marsh, 1870 | `--+-- †P. (A.) sp. [Lee Creek Formation, North Carolina] [Olson & Rasmussen, 2001] | `-- P. (A.) gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) (isoliitäjä) `--o (Puffinus) |?- †P. (P.) holeae Walker et al., 1990, emend. Micheaux et al., 1991 |?- †P. (P.) sp. aff. P. (P.) tenuirostris [Lee Creek Formation, North Carolina] [Olson & Rasmussen, 2001] |-- P. (P.) tenuirostris (Temminck, 1836) (Lyhytpyrstöliitäjä) |-- P. (P.) griseus (Gmelin, 1789 (Nokiliitäjä) |-- P. (P.) nativitatis Streets, 1877 (Polynesianliitäjä) `--+-- †P. (P.) nestori (Alcover, 1989) |-- †P. (P.) olsoni (McMinn et al., 1990 |-- P. (P.) puffinus (Brunnich, 1764) (pikkuliitäjä) |--o P. (P.) yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) (Mediterranean Shearwater; välimerenliitäjä) | |-- P. (P.) y. mauretanicus (Balearic Shearwater) | `-- P. (P.) y. yelkouan (Levantine Shearwater) |-- P. (P.) lherminieri Lesson, 1839 (tropiikkiliitäjä) |-- P. (P.) kermadecensis Murphy, 1927 [P. (P.) assimilis kermadecensis Murphy, 1927] [] |-- P. (P.) haurakiensis Fleming & Serventy, 1943 [P. (P.) assimilis haurakiensis Fleming & Serventy, 1943] `--o P. (P.) assimilis Gould, 1838 (kääpiöliitäjä) |-- P. (P.) a. assimilis |-- P. (P.) a. elegans? (Goughsaartenkääpiöliitäjä) |-- P. (P.) a. boydi? (Capeverdenkääpiöliitäjä) `-- P. (P.) a. baroli? (Kanariankääpiöliitäjä)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1997: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven, 1996, x-420 - Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H. & Tennyson, A. J. D., 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact.
–New Zealand Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28, pp. 119-187 - Olson, S. L., 1975: Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Baleobiology: Vol. 23, pp. iv-49 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Olson, S. L. & Rasmussen, P. D., 2001: Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. 233-365
in Ray, C. E. & Bohaska, D. J., (eds.) 2001: Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: Nr. 90, iii-365 - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.