Ninga-bahari

Ninga-bahari

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

Himaya:	Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila:	Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Ngeli:	Aves (Ndege)
Oda:	Procellariiformes (Ndege kama walinzi)

Ngazi za chini

Familia 2, jenasi 7:

Familia Hydrobatidae Mathews, 1912
- Hydrobates Boie, 1822
- Oceanodroma Reichenbach, 1853
Familia Oceanitidae Forbes, 1881
- Fregetta Bonaparte, 1855
- Garrodia W.A. Forbes, 1881
- Nesofregetta Mathews, 1912
- Oceanites Keyserling & J.H. Blasius, 1840
- Pelagodroma Reichenbach, 1853

Ninga-bahari ni ndege wa familia Hydrobatidae na Oceanitidae. Wana mnasaba na walinzi lakini ni wadogo kuliko hawa. Spishi za Hydrobatidae ni weusi au kijivucheusi na weupe kwa kiasi mbalimbali. Spishi za Oceanitidae ni weusi juu na weupe chini. Huruka kwa kupapatika. Hula gegereka wa planktoni na samaki wadogo wakiangama hewani na kukanyaga maji.

Kwa kawaida ninga-bahari huzaa kwa visiwa vya mbali visipokaa watu wala mamalia wengine. Huyatembelea makoloni yao usiku kuzuia ndege au wanyama mbua. Jike hulitaga yai moja tu kwa kawaida ndani ya kishimo au mwanya wa mwamba.

Spishi za Afrika

Hydrobatidae
- Hydrobates pelagicus, Ninga-bahari wa Ulaya (European storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma castro, Ninga-bahari wa Madeira (Madeiran storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma jabejabe, Ninga-bahari wa Kaboverde (Cape Verde storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Ninga-bahari Tako-jeupe (Leach’s storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma matsudairae, Ninga-bahari wa Matsudaira (Matsudaira’s storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma monorhis, Ninga-bahari wa Swinhoe (Swinhoe’s storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma monteiroi, Ninga-bahari wa Azori (Monteiro’s storm petrel)
Oceanitidae
- Fregetta grallaria, Ninga-bahari Tumbo-jeupe (White-bellied storm petrel)
- Fregetta tropica, Ninga-bahari Tumbo-jeusi (Black-bellied storm petrel)
- Oceanites oceanicus, Ninga-bahari wa Wilson (Wilson’s storm petrel)
- Pelagodroma marina, Ninga-bahari Uso-mweupe (White-faced storm petrel)

Spishi za mabara mengine

Hydrobatidae
- Oceanodroma cheimomnestes (Ainley's storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma furcata (Fork-tailed storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma homochroa (Ashy storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma hornbyi (Hornby's storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma macrodactyla (Guadalupe storm petrel) labda imekwisha sasa
- Oceanodroma markhami (Markham's storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma melania (Black storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma microsoma (Least storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma socorroensis (Townsend's storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma tethys (Wedge-rumped storm petrel)
- Oceanodroma tristrami (Tristram's storm petrel)
Oceanitidae
- Fregetta maoriana (New Zealand storm petrel)
- Garrodia nereis (Grey-backed storm petrel)
- Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Polynesian storm petrel) (pamoja na “White-throated storm petrel”)
- Oceanites gracilis (Elliot's storm petrel)
- Oceanites pincoyae (Pincoya storm petrel)