#1168 · 🐦 birds
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
🇳🇱 Wilsons Stormvogeltje ·Oceanites oceanicus
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what is it?
Wilson's storm petrel ( Oceanites oceanicus ), also known as Wilson's petrel , is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is one of the most abundant bird species in the world and has a circumpolar distribution mainly in the seas of the southern hemisphere but extending northwards during the summer of the northern hemisphere. The world population has been estimated to be more than 50 million pairs. The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,289 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 34 g.
- Scientifically named by Heinrich Kuhl in 1820 (206 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Nederlands
- Wilsons Stormvogeltje
- scientific name
- Oceanites oceanicus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Procellariiformes
- family
- Oceanitidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 46
- sightings worldwide
- 4,289
- GBIF records in NL
- 32
- weight
- 34 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1820 by Heinrich Kuhl
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4146, Wikidata Q607024, GBIF 5229419, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.