Oceanodroma Socorroensis Bird

Townsend\'s Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma socorroensis

Oceanodroma Socorroensis Bird

English Name:  Townsend's Storm-Petrel
Latin Name:  Oceanodroma socorroensis
Protonym:  Oceanodroma socorroensis Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 13 no.799 p.134
Taxonomy:  Procellariiformes / Hydrobatidae / Oceanodroma
Taxonomy Code:  leastp5
Type Locality:  Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Islands.
Author:  Townsend, CH
Publish Year:  1890
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

Oceanodroma
(syn. Hydrobates Ϯ Fork-tailed Storm-petrel H. furcata) Gr. ωκεανος ōkeanos  ocean; -δρομος -dromos  -runner  < τρεχω trekhō  to run; "Genera et Species typicæ.  ...  d. Oceanodroma Rchb. furcata (Proc. — L. Gm.)  Ic. Av. t. 16. ic. 785.  t. 18. ic. 2245—46." (Reichenbach 1853); "185. Oceanodroma, Reich. (Thalassidroma, p. Gr.)  Rostrum majusculum; tubo nasali recto: alae modicae: cauda furcata: pedes breves, podiis angustis; unguibus parvulis, compressis.  Dilute cinereae.    M. Atl. et Pac.  2.   1. PROCELLARIA furcata, Gm.   ...   2. THALASSIDROMA hornbyi, Gr." (Bonaparte 1857).    Var. OceanododromaOceandodroma.

socoroensis / socorroensis
Socorro I., Baja California, Mexico.