Ringed Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma hornbyi

Ringed Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma hornbyi

Ringed Storm-Petrel

SCI Name:  Oceanodroma hornbyi
Protonym:  Thalassidroma Hornbyi Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1853) (1853), Pt21 no.251 p.62
Taxonomy:  Procellariiformes / Hydrobatidae /
Taxonomy Code:  rispet1
Type Locality:  Northwest coast of America.
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Publish Year:  1854
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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.

hornbyi
Adm. Sir Phipps Hornby (1785-1867) Royal Navy, commander in the Pacific 1847-1850 (Hydrobates).