Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Procellariiformes > Family Hydrobatidae > Genus Oceanites

Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OceanitesKeyserling & Blasius, 1840accepted genus name

Species group names

Procellaria oceanicus Kuhl, 1820 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Wilsons stormvogeltje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: Wilson's petrel; Wilson's storm petrel; Wilson's storm-petrel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
 French: océanite de Wilson sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: יסעורון אוקייני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: アシナガウミツバメ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: okeaninis būriuotojas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: oceannik żółtopłetwy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: antarktični strakoš sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: paíño de Wilson sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: fırtına kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: буревісник Вільсона; Океанник Вільсона sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: pedryn Wilson

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022.

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137190

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ccbfe608-f16f-4dc2-8bcb-992b406e148e

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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