Oceanites
| Oceanites | |
|---|---|
| Wilson's storm petrel 'walking' on the water off of Hatteras, North Carolina. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Oceanitidae |
| Genus: | Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Procellaria wilsonii[1] Bonaparte = Procellaria oceanica Kuhl
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| Species | |
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Oceanites is a genus of seabird in the austral storm petrel family. The genus name refers to the mythical Oceanids, the three thousand daughters of Tethys.[2]
It contains the following species:
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson's storm petrel
|
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820) |
South Shetland Islands |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Elliot's storm petrel
|
Oceanites gracilis (Elliot, 1859) |
Galápagos Islands, Peru and Chile |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Pincoya storm petrel
|
Oceanites pincoyae (Harrison et al., 2013) |
Chiloé Island (Reloncavi Sound and the Chacao Channel), Chile |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Andean storm petrel
|
Oceanites barrosi (Heraldo V. Norambuena, Rodrigo Barros, Álvaro Jaramillo, Fernando Medrano, Chris Gaskin, Tania King, Karen Baird, Cristián E. Hernádez., 2024) |
Chile | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
References
- ^ Peters, JL (1931). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 68–69.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.