Pincoya Storm Petrel

Open encyclopedia reference

The Pincoya storm petrel (Oceanites pincoyae) is a sea bird of the storm petrel family. The specific name commemorates the Pincoya, a female water spirit of the Chilote mythology. After being first brought to the world's attention through photographs taken by Seamus Enright and Michael O'Keeffe in 2009, this species was formally discovered and examined in 2011 and scientifically described in 2013. It was originally only known from waters near Chiloé Island, Chile, specifically Reloncavi Sound and the Chacao Channel, but in 2021, one was photographed in the Benguela Current off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Oceanites pincoyae P. Harrison, Sallaberry, Gaskin, K. Baird, Jaramillo, Metz, Pearman, O'Keeffe et al., 2013

Name authority

P. Harrison, Sallaberry, Gaskin, K. Baird, Jaramillo, Metz, Pearman, O'Keeffe et al., 2013

Common name

Pincoya Storm Petrel

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Oceanitidae

Genus

Oceanites

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.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classAves
9. orderProcellariiformes
10. familyOceanitidae Forbes, 1882
11. genusOceanites Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1840
12. speciesOceanites pincoyae P. Harrison, Sallaberry, Gaskin, K. Baird, Jaramillo, Metz, Pearman, O'Keeffe et al., 2013

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Oceanites. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 7 records assigned to Oceanitidae.

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.

1. Harrison, Peter, Michel Sallaberry, Chris P. Gaskin, Karen A. Baird, Alvaro Jaramillo, et al. (2013). A New Storm-Petrel Species from Chile. The Auk, Vol. 130, No. 1. 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

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:DD8SK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.