Biology:Oceanites

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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.[1]

It contains the following species:

Genus Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 – four 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
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Elliot's storm petrel

Oceanites gracilis
(Elliot, 1859)
Galápagos Islands, Peru and Chile
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Pincoya storm petrel


Oceanites pincoyae
(Harrison et al., 2013)
Chiloé Island (Reloncavi Sound and the Chacao Channel), Chile
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Andean storm petrel


Oceanites barrosi
(Heraldo V. Norambuena, Rodrigo Barros, Álvaro Jaramillo, Fernando Medrano, Chris Gaskin, Tania King, Karen Baird, Cristián E. Hernádez., 2024)
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References

Template:Austrodyptornithes Wikidata ☰ Q2347332 entry