Southern Storm-Petrels
Oceanitidae
Austral storm petrels, or southern storm petrels, are seabirds in the family Oceanitidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. Their flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Oceanites Storm-Petrels
genusOceanites
Frigate Storm-Petrels
genusFregetta
Pelagodroma
genusPelagodroma
Garrodia
genusGarrodia
Nesofregetta
genusNesofregetta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 793435.