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Elliot's storm petrel

Oceanites gracilis (D. G. Elliot, 1859)

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The elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis) is a species in the family Oceanitidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh 15 g to 16.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

Elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis)
Photo: Putney Mark · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the elliot's storm petrel

Weight
15 g – 16.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
marinesrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the elliot's storm petrel live?

Not recorded

What is the elliot's storm petrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis) is a species of seabird in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae. The species is also known as the white-vented storm petrel. There are two subspecies, O. g. gracilis, which is found in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile, and O. g. galapagoensis, which is found in the waters around the Galápagos Islands. It is a sooty-black storm petrel with a white rump and a white band crossing the lower belly and extending up the midline of the belly. It has long legs which extend beyond the body in flight.

From the Wikipedia article “Elliot's storm petrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elliot%27s_storm_petrel&oldid=1380664244), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the elliot's storm petrel endangered?

The elliot's storm petrel is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.

How is the elliot's storm petrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyOceanitidae
  6. genusOceanites
  7. SpeciesOceanites gracilis (D. G. Elliot, 1859)

Synonyms Thalassidroma gracilis

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • Elliot's storm-petrelEnglish
  • Elliot's storm-petrelEnglish
  • White-vented storm petrelEnglish
  • White-vented storm petrelEnglish
  • White-vented storm-petrelEnglish
  • White-vented storm-petrelEnglish
  • White-vented storm-petrelEnglish
  • نوء العاصفة إليوتArabic
  • Грациозна вълнолюбкаBulgarian
  • ocell de tempesta d'ElliotCatalan
  • buřňáček drobnýCzech
  • buřníček drobnýCzech
  • pedryn drycin ElliotWelsh
  • Hvidbuget StormsvaleDanish
  • ElliotsturmschwalbeGerman
  • Elliot-SturmschwalbeGerman
  • eta ŝtormopetreloEsperanto
  • Paíño de ElliotSpanish
  • Golondrina de mar chicaSpanish
  • väike-tormipääsuEstonian
  • pikkuetelänkeijuFinnish
  • Océanite d'ElliotFrench
  • Océanite d’ElliotFrench
  • Elliotova burnicaCroatian
  • Uccello delle tempeste culbiancoItalian
  • uiccello delle tempeste di ElliotItalian
  • コアシナガウミツバメJapanese
  • grakštusis Vilsono audrašauklisLithuanian
  • sierlijk stormvogeltjeDutch
  • dansestormsvaleNorwegian
  • oceannik krótkodziobyPolish
  • painho-pequenoPortuguese
  • alma-de-mestre-pequenoPortuguese
  • painho-de-elliotPortuguese
  • Качурка ЭллиотаRussian
  • Изящная океанидаRussian
  • búrkozvest malýSlovak
  • elliotstormsvalaSwedish
  • humboldthavslöpareSwedish
  • Elliot FırtınakırlangıcıTurkish
  • океанник ЕліотаUkrainian
  • 白臀洋海燕Chinese

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Relatives of the elliot's storm petrel

Other species in the same genus Oceanites.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the elliot's storm petrel?

An adult elliot's storm petrel weighs 15 g – 16.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the elliot's storm petrel endangered?

The elliot's storm petrel is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

What kind of animal is the elliot's storm petrel?

The elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis) belongs to the family Oceanitidae in the order Procellariiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/elliots-storm-petrel

MLA

“Elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/elliots-storm-petrel.

BibTeX
@misc{elliots_storm_petrel_2026,
  title = {Elliot's storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/elliots-storm-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}