Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Storm-Petrels :: White-vented Storm-Petrel

White-vented Storm-Petrel Oceanites gracilis

Described by: Elliot (1859)
Alternate common name(s): White-vented Storm Petrel, White-vented Storm-petrel, Elliot's Storm-petrel, Graceful Storm-petrel
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Galapagos, Ecuador - Aug, 1998 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Pacific Ocean off Lima, Peru - Aug, 2009 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Pacific Ocean off Lima, Peru - Aug, 2009 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Galapagos, Ecuador - Sep, 2005 © Douglas Bolt 
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Range

Cw. Pacific Ocean;
(1) Galapagos Is.
(2) Unknown locations along the coasts of Peru and Chile (s. to Valparaiso and on Chungungo Is., 29°S).
Disperses between 3°N and 33°S in the Humboldt Current n. to Ecuador (Santa Elena Bay), Colombia (Narino) and perhaps the Gulf of Panama.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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