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:
Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Type species
Procellaria wilsonii[1]
Bonaparte = Procellaria oceanica Kuhl
Species
O. oceanicus
O. gracilis
O. pincoyae
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:
Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
Elliot's storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis
Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae
^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.
addition to extrusive occurrences, it also occurs in minor intrusions. Oceanite is a variety of picritic basalt characterized by its large amounts of olivine...
probably more closely related to storm petrels in the genus Fregetta than Oceanites. It had been believed to be extinct, but on 25 January 2003, a possible...
The Pincoya storm petrel (Oceanites pincoyae) is a sea bird of the storm petrel family. The specific name commemorates the Pincoya, a female water spirit...
The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. Wilson's storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus Gray-backed storm-petrel, Garrodia nereis Black-bellied storm-petrel...
olivine-containing lavas close to Allen Point are defined as oceanites; Mount Oceanite is named after these rocks. Diopside occurs also inclusions in...
capense), snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea), the small Wilson's storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), the large south polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki), and Antarctic...
Common and binomial names Image Status Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) A – rare vagrant, more regularly seen well offshore White-faced storm...
T22696610A132584321.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021. BirdLife International (2012). "Oceanites maorianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-14...
Collective, Norwegian Polar Institute, University of Cambridge, IUCN, Oceanites, and the Scott Polar Research Institute. The Viking Octantis is also partnered...
Chathams Snares Auckland Campbell Antipodes Bounty Wilson's storm petrel Oceanites oceanicus P Grey-backed storm petrel Garrodia nereis P P P B P B P B P...
altirostre), last seen in 1941, rediscovered in 2015. New Zealand storm-petrel (Oceanites maorianus), believed extinct from 1850 but sighted again in 2003. Night...
the other storm-petrels in family Hydrobatidae. Wilson's storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus (A) Order: Procellariiformes Family: Hydrobatidae Though the...
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