Austral Storm Petrels
Elliot's Storm Petrel
Oceanites gracilis
The Elliot's Storm Petrel (Oceanites gracilis) is a 17 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.
- Family
- Austral Storm Petrels
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Weight
- 17 g
- Habitat
- Marine
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 3
Recorded in Ecuador, Chile, Peru.
Where to see it: Río Lluta · Desembocadura (Chile); Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Pantanos de Villa · Laguna Costera y Playa Marvilla (Peru).
Photo: (c) John G. Phillips, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist