| Elliot's storm petrel | |
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| O. g. galapagoensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Oceanitidae |
| Genus: | Oceanites |
| Species: | O. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oceanites gracilis (Elliot, 1859)
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Elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis) is a species of seabird in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae. The species is also known as the white-vented storm petrel.[2] There are two subspecies, O. g. gracilis, which is found in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile, and O. g. galapagoensis, which is found in the waters around the Galápagos Islands. It is a sooty-black storm petrel with a white rump and a white band crossing the lower belly and extending up the midline of the belly. It has long legs which extend beyond the body in flight.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Oceanites gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698442A132647135. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698442A132647135.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ IOC World Bird List, version 4.2: Loons, penguins, petrels. Retrieved 9 June 2014
- ^ "Elliot's Storm-Petrel - Introduction | Neotropical Birds Online". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 19 December 2018.