- Oceanitinae
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Oceanitinae 
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicusScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Hydrobatidae Subfamily: Oceanitinae Genera Oceanitinae is one of two subfamilies of storm-petrels. Because the distribution of the subfamily is predominantly in the southern hemisphere they are sometimes known as the southern storm-petrels. The subfamily contains five genera in which there are eight species. They were the second group of storm-petrels to break off from the ancestral petrel stock, and for this reason some authors have suggested that they should constitute a separate family from the Hydrobatinae storm-petrels.[1]
Species
- Subfamily Oceanitinae
- Wilson's Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
- New Zealand Storm Petrel, Oceanites maorianus
- Elliot's Storm Petrel, Oceanites gracilis
- Grey-backed Storm Petrel, Garrodia nereis
- White-faced Storm Petrel, Pelagodroma marina
- Black-bellied Storm Petrel or Gould's Storm-Petrel, Fregetta tropica
- White-bellied Storm Petrel, Fregetta grallaria
- Polynesian Storm Petrel, Nesofregetta fuliginosa
References
- ^ Nunn, G & Stanley, S. (1998) "Body Size Effects and Rates of Cytochrome b Evolution in Tube-Nosed Seabirds" Molecular Biology and Evolution 15(10): 1360-1371 [1] Corrigendum
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