Galapagos Species Database

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Oceanodroma hornbyi Gray, 1854

Paíño de Hornby, Golondrina de mar de collar, Ringed Storm Petrel

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Procellariiformes

Family
Hydrobatidae

Genus
Oceanodroma

Species
hornbyi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

Distribution: Harris (personal communication) mentioned two birds he saw on 28 April 1967 at the eastern fringe of the study area, but with no further details they should remain as hypothetical.

References

  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
  • IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Oceanodroma hornbyi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5129. Accessed 1 November 2026.