Black storm petrel - Oceanodroma melania

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Oceanodroma melania
Author (Bonaparte, 1854)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174640
Common Names Spanish: Paíño negro
English: Black Storm Petrel
French: Océanite noir
English: Black Storm-Petrel
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Procellariiformes
          Family: Hydrobatidae
            Subfamily: Hydrobatinae
              Genus: Oceanodroma
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN174640
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)748
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets8
Year1970 - 2006
Latitude7.10 - 41.03
Longitude-125.01 - -79.72
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