Markham’s Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma markhami

Markham\'s Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma markhami

Markham's Storm-Petrel

SCI Name:  Oceanodroma markhami
Protonym:  Cymochorea markhami Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt4 p.430
Taxonomy:  Procellariiformes / Hydrobatidae /
Taxonomy Code:  maspet
Type Locality:  Coast of Peru. Lat. 19° 40'' S., long. 75° W.
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Publish Year:  1883
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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. OceanododromaOceandodroma.

markhami
Rear-Adm. Sir Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918) Royal Navy, arctic explorer (Hydrobates).