Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus(Kuhl, H, 1820)
English (US) Wilson's Storm Petrel
The Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Oceanitidae (Southern Storm Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
- Scientific name
- Oceanites oceanicus
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wilson's Storm Petrel
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Oceanites oceanicus oceanicus
- Oceanites oceanicus exasperatus
- Oceanites oceanicus chilensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria oceanica
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
- Type locality
- No type locality. South Georgia designated by Murphy, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 38, 1918, p. 128.
- Original description
- Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie 1 p.136 pl.10 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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