Black Storm Petrel - Oceanodroma melania

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Oceanodroma melania
Author (Bonaparte, 1854)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174640
Common Names English: Black Storm-Petrel, Black Storm Petrel
French: Océanite noir
Spanish: Paíño negro
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Procellariiformes
          Family: Hydrobatidae
            Subfamily: Hydrobatinae
              Genus: Oceanodroma
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Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#174640
StatusIUCN:LC
#records748
#datasets8
Years1970 - 2006
Latitudes7.10 - 41.03
Longitudes-125.01 - -79.72