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Ainley's Storm Petrel
Hydrobates cheimomnestes (Ainley, 1980)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Мапа поширення Oceanodroma cheimomnestes (червоним позначено гніздування)
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Open encyclopedia reference
Ainley's storm petrel (Hydrobates cheimomnestes) is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae. It breeds in the winter on Guadalupe Island off the western coast of Mexico. It ranges south to the Galápagos Islands. It is considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of Leach's storm petrel.
Wikipedia contributors, Ainley's storm petrel; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:20:42.079522+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates cheimomnestes (Ainley, 1980)
- Name authority
- (Ainley, 1980)
- Common name
- Ainley's Storm Petrel
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Hydrobatidae
- Genus
- Hydrobates
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderProcellariiformes
- familyHydrobatidae Mathews, 1912
- genusHydrobates F. Boie, 1822
- speciesHydrobates cheimomnestes (Ainley, 1980)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hydrobates. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fork-tailed Storm PetrelHydrobates furcatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous (Vieillot, 1818) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Townsend's Storm PetrelHydrobates socorroensis (C. H. Townsend, 1890) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ringed Storm PetrelHydrobates hornbyi (G. R. Gray, 1854) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhis (Swinhoe, 1867) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy Storm PetrelHydrobates homochroa (Coues, 1864) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Band-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates castro (Harcourt, 1851) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Monteiro's Storm PetrelHydrobates monteiroi (Bolton, A. L. Smith, Gómez-Díaz, Friesen, Medeiros, Bried, Roscales & Furness, 2008) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape Verde Storm PetrelHydrobates jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage, 1875) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wedge-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates tethys (Bonaparte, 1852) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Storm PetrelHydrobates melania (Bonaparte, 1854) | HydrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Oceanodroma leucorhoa cheimomnestes Ainley, 1980 Ainley, 1980 | synonym |
| Hydrobates leucorhous cheimomnestes (Ainley, 1980) (Ainley, 1980) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1255032 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D5KFG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.