Fork-tailed Storm Petrel - Oceanodroma furcata

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Oceanodroma furcata
Author (Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174625
Common Names English: Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
French: Océanite à queue fourchue
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Procellariiformes
          Family: Hydrobatidae
            Subfamily: Hydrobatinae
              Genus: Oceanodroma
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Oceanodroma furcata furcata
Subspecies: Oceanodroma furcata plumbea
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#174625
StatusIUCN:LC
#records3,414
#datasets12
Years1970 - 2011
Latitudes30.55 - 60.67
Longitudes-179.70 - 179.77