White-vented storm-petrel / Elliotsturmschwalbe (Oceanites gracilis)

Wikipedia: White-vented storm-petrel Source: WIKIPEDIA Eliotts_storm_petrel.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Oceanites (Oceanites); Subfamily Storm petrels (Hydrobatidae); Order Petrels and albatrosses (Procellariiformes); Infraclass Neognathae (Neognathae); Class Birds (aves); Subphylum Vertebrata (Vertebrata); Phylum Chordate (Chordata); Kingdom Animal (Animalia); Domain Eukaryota (Eukaryota)
General: Elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis) is a species of seabird in the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. The species is also known as the white-vented storm petrel.^[2] 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 Galápagos Islands. It is a sooty-black storm petrel with a white rump and a white band crossing the lower belly and extending up the midline of the belly. It has long legs which extend beyond the body in flight.^[3] [more]