Least Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma microsoma
WBN 
Least Storm-Petrel
SCI Name:
Protonym: Halocyptena microsoma Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 16 p.79
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Hydrobatidae / Oceanodroma
Taxonomy Code: lsspet
Type Locality: San Jose del Caba, Baja California.
Author: Coues
Publish Year: 1864
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
microsoma
Gr. μικρος mikros small; σωμα sōma, σωματος sōmatos body; "This diminutive species hardly exceeds in size the little [Hydrobates] pelagica and is at the same time much slenderer and more delicate in form than that species" (Coues 1864) (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)
