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Pincoya Storm-petrel

Oceanites pincoyae

Classification

Class
Aves

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Chile · 633Argentina · 1