Oceanites

Oceanites

Wilson's storm petrel 'walking' on the water off of Hatteras, North Carolina.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Hydrobatidae
Subfamily:	Oceanitinae
Genus:	Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Species
O. oceanicus O. gracilis O. pincoyae

Oceanites is a genus of seabird in the storm petrel family. The genus name refers to the mythical Oceanids, the three thousand daughters of Tethys.^[1]

It contains the following species:

Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
Elliot's storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis
Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae

References

↑ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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