| Oceanites | |
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| File:Oceanites oceanicusPCCA20070623-3634B.jpg | |
| Wilson's Storm Petrel 'walking' on the water off of Hatteras, North Carolina. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Oceanitinae |
| Genus: | Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 |
| Species | |
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Oceanites is a genus of seabird in the storm-petrel family. It contains the following species:
- Wilson's Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
- Elliot's Storm Petrel, Oceanites gracilis
The New Zealand Storm Petrel, Fregetta maorianus is now in Fregetta.
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