Ainley’s Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma cheimomnestes
WBN 
Ainley's Storm-Petrel
SCI Name:
Protonym: Oceanodroma leucorhoa cheimomnestes Auk 97 p.848
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Hydrobatidae / Oceanodroma
Taxonomy Code: leastp2
Type Locality:
Author: Ainley
Publish Year: 1980
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
Oceanodroma
(syn. Hydrobates Ϯ Fork-tailed Storm-petrel H. furcata) Gr. ωκεανος ōkeanos ocean; -δρομος -dromos -runner < τρεχω trekhō to run; "Genera et Species typicæ. ... d. Oceanodroma Rchb. furcata (Proc. — L. Gm.) Ic. Av. t. 16. ic. 785. t. 18. ic. 2245—46." (Reichenbach 1853); "185. Oceanodroma, Reich. (Thalassidroma, p. Gr.) Rostrum majusculum; tubo nasali recto: alae modicae: cauda furcata: pedes breves, podiis angustis; unguibus parvulis, compressis. Dilute cinereae. M. Atl. et Pac. 2. 1. PROCELLARIA furcata, Gm. ... 2. THALASSIDROMA hornbyi, Gr." (Bonaparte 1857). Var. Oceanododroma, Oceandodroma.
cheimomnestes
Gr. χειμων kheimōn, χειμωνος kheimōnos winter; μνηστηρ mnēstēr, μνηστηρος mnēstēros suitor (Hydrobates).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
