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

Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Procellaria

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oceanites*	Keyserling & Bläsius, 1840	accepted 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.

English-United States: Wilson's Petrel; Wilson's Storm-petrel sources: Charles Hussey

French: océanite de Wilson sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): יסעורון אוקייני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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	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.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
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	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
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	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Taxon found in 755 publications.

6 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (522 publications)
GenBank (1611 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137190

Drs Cees Roselaar. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96597