- Elliot's Storm Petrel
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Elliot's Storm Petrel[1] 
O. g. galapagoensis Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Hydrobatidae Subfamily: Oceanitinae Genus: Oceanites Species: O. gracilis Binomial name Oceanites gracilis
(Elliot, 1859)The Elliot's Storm Petrel (Oceanites gracilis) is a species of seabird in the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. The species is also known as White-vented Storm-petrel. There are two subspecies, O. g. gracilis, which is found in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile, and O. g. galapagoensis, which is found in the waters around the Galapagos Islands. It is a sooty-black storm-petrel with a white rump. It has long legs which extend beyond the body in flight.
In spite of the frequent sightings of this species it is very poorly known; only one nest has ever been found. The feeding behaviour of the Galapagos subspecies is unusual amongst storm-petrels as it forages close to shore; all other storm-petrels are exclusively pelagic.
References
- ^ Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2009). IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ Accessed 30 August 2009
- BirdLife International 2004. Oceanites gracilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
External links
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Oceanites
- Western South American coastal fauna
- Galápagos Islands coastal fauna
- Animals described in 1859
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