The Late Quaternary fossil record indicates that formerly in the North Atlantic volcanic Macaronesian archipelagos (Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde) there was a higher avian diversity, including numerous now extinct species. Currently, only three gadfly petrels (genus Pterodroma) remain in two archipelagos: the Fea’s petrel, Pt. feae, in Cape Verde (islands of Santiago, Fogo, Santo Antão, and São Nicolau); the Zino’s petrel of Madeira, Pt. madeira, on the island of Madeira; and the Desertas petrel, Pt. deserta, on the islet of Bugio (Desertas Islands, Madeira Archipelago). Herein we describe the former distribution of the genus in Macaronesia based on the palaeontological record. However, the original specific diversity cannot be accurately established through the biometry of their fossil bones but the fossil record of Pterodroma in Macaronesia indicates: (i) its former presence in all Macaronesian archipelagos; (ii) the extinction of at least 16 island populations (73% of its original distribution on these islands); and (iii) the extinction of, at least, one species from Azores, here named Pterodroma zinorum sp. nov.. Radiocarbon dates indicate than this species was still alive at sometime among 1104 and 1672 CE, documenting its extinction in the last millennium.

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马卡罗尼西亚（东北大西洋）的海燕灭绝：翼龙属（Aves： Procellariiformes： Procellariidae）的情况


晚第四纪化石记录表明，以前在北大西洋火山马卡罗尼西亚群岛（亚速尔群岛、马德拉群岛、塞尔瓦根斯群岛、加那利群岛和佛得角）中，鸟类多样性较高，包括许多现已灭绝的物种。目前，只有三种牛虻海燕（紫檀属）留在两个群岛中：佛得角的 Fea 海燕 Pt. feae（圣地亚哥岛、福戈岛、圣安唐岛和圣尼古拉岛）;马德拉岛的 Zino's petrel，Pt. Madeira;以及 Desertas 海燕，Pt. deserta，位于 Bugio 小岛（Desertas 群岛，马德拉群岛）。在此，我们根据古生物学记录描述了该属在 Macaronesia 中的先前分布。然而，最初的特异性多样性无法通过对它们的骨骼化石进行生物测量来准确确定，但马卡罗尼西亚翼龙的化石记录表明：（i） 它以前存在于所有马卡罗尼西亚群岛中;（ii） 至少 16 个岛屿种群灭绝（占这些岛屿原始分布的 73%）;（iii） 至少一个来自亚速尔群岛的物种灭绝，这里名为 Pterodroma zinorum sp. nov..放射性碳测年表明，该物种在公元 1104 年和 1672 年的某个时候还活着，记录了它在上个千年中的灭绝。