Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oceanodroma melania
Paíño Negro, Golondrina Negra, Black Storm Petrel
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Hydrobatidae
Genus
Oceanodroma
Species
melania
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Harris (1982) menciona dos registros dentro de las islas, entre Pinta y Albemarle Point, Isabela y uno frente a Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz.
- 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.
- Harris, M.P. (1975) Additions to the Galápagos avifauna. Condor 77(3): 355.
- Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Oceanodroma melania", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5132. Accessed 31 October 2026.