Southern storm-petrel

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.

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