Oceanites
Appearance
Oceanites | |
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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
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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:
- Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
- Elliot's storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis
- Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae
* Andean storm petrel
Oceanites barrosi
References
[edit]- ^ 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.