Oceanites
Genus of birds
Oceanites | |
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Wilson's storm petrel 'walking' on the water off of Hatteras, North Carolina. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Oceanitidae |
Genus: | Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 |
Type species | |
Procellaria wilsonii[1] Bonaparte = Procellaria oceanica Kuhl | |
Species | |
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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.[2]
It contains the following species:
- Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
- Elliot's storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis
- Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae
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Genera of penguins, petrels, and albatrosses and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Infraclass: Neognathae
- Clade: Austrodyptornithes
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