Oceanites oceanicus, Wilson's storm petrel

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Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820)

Wilson's storm petrel

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Oceanites oceanicus

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Hydrobatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Antarctic, Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 19.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 38.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 1.24 cm; tarsus: 3.54 cm; wing: 14.27 cm.

Total Length: 15 to 19 cm; Wingspan: 38 to 42 cm (Ref. 8812). Population is affected by some predation, krill exploitation, and breeding success due to snow blocking burrows (Ref. 84934). Inhabits open ocean (Ref. 81748); found over seas and along shores (Ref. 83946). Exhibits dipping and pattering (Ref. 81748). Skips and hops over water surface while feeding. A colonial breeder. Typically gregarious at sea. Often trail ships (Ref. 91362).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Breeds in the Gulf of California, begins in June. Nesting is restricted to rock outcrops and talus slopes, and nests were invariably in rock crevices, occasionally together with black storm petrels.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Lepage, D. 2007. (Ref. 7816)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=11.58-38.14).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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