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 | |
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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.
It contains the following species:
- Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
- Elliot's storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis
- Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae
- Andean storm petrel, Oceanites barrosi