Oceanites

Oceanites
	Wilson's storm petrel 'walking' on the water off of Hatteras, North Carolina.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Oceanitidae
Genus:	Oceanites; Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Type species
	Procellaria wilsonii; Bonaparte = Procellaria oceanica Kuhl
Species
	O. oceanicus; O. gracilis; O. pincoyae;

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

References

^ Peters, JL (1931). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 68–69.
^ 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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[Peters-1] Peters, JL (1931). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 68–69.

[job90-2] 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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