Wilson's storm petrel [SEP] IUCN conservation status
ability to identify their nest burrows in the dark and their mates by olfactory cues.
Widespread throughout its large range, Wilson's storm petrel is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Other sources.
- Beck, J.R. & Brown, D.W. 1972. The Biology of Wilson's Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl) at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports No. 69.
- Bourne, W.R.P. 1983. Letters (The ‘yellow webs’
the Hydrobatinae and Oceanitinae, were recognized in the past within a single large family Hydrobatidae, but this has since been split with the elevation of the Oceanitidae to family status. The Oceanitinae, or austral storm petrels, were mostly found in southern waters (though Wilson's storm petrel regularly migrates into the Northern Hemisphere); the seven species were in five genera. The Hydrobatinae, or northern storm petrels, were the two genera "Hydrobates" and "Oceanodroma". They were largely restricted to the Northern Hemisphere, although a