Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Stormswael |
| Arabic | نوء ويلسوني |
| Asturian | Pañn de Wilson |
| Basque | Wilson ekaitz-txoria |
| Bulgarian | Уилсънова вълнолюбка |
| Catalan | ocell de tempesta oceànic |
| Chinese | 黃蹼洋海燕 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黄蹼洋海燕（烟黑叉尾海燕） |
| Croatian | šarenonoga burnica |
| Czech | buřníček žlutonohý |
| Danish | Wilsons Stormsvale |
| Dutch | Wilsons Stormvogeltje |
| English | Wilson's Storm-Petrel |
| English (United States) | Wilson's Storm-Petrel |
| Faroese | Fitjugulur drunnhvíti |
| Finnish | etelänkeiju |
| French | Océanite de Wilson |
| French (France) | Océanite de Wilson |
| Galician | Paíño de pés amarelos |
| German | Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe |
| Greek | Κυματοβάτης του Νότου |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Oseanit |
| Hebrew | יסעורון וילסון |
| Hungarian | Wilson-viharfecske |
| Icelandic | Hafsvala |
| Indonesian | Petrel-badai cokelat |
| Italian | Uccello delle tempeste di Wilson |
| Japanese | アシナガウミツバメ |
| Lithuanian | Margakojis Vilsono audrašauklis |
| Malayalam | വിൽസൺ കാറ്റിളക്കി |
| Norwegian | oseanstormsvale |
| Persian | مرغ طوفان ویلسون |
| Polish | oceannik żółtopłetwy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Painho-casquilho |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | alma-de-mestre |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Casquilho |
| Romanian | Furtunar atlantic |
| Russian | Вильсонова океанида |
| Serbian | Vilsonova burnica |
| Slovak | búrkozvest pestronohý |
| Slovenian | Antarktični strakoš |
| Spanish | Paíño de Wilson |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Paíño Común |
| Spanish (Chile) | Golondrina de mar de Wilson/fueguina |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Paiño de Wilson |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pamperito de Wilson |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Golondrina del Mar |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Paíño de Wilson |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Paíño de Wilson |
| Spanish (Panama) | Paíño de Wilson |
| Spanish (Peru) | Golondrina de Mar de Wilson |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Paíño de Wilson |
| Spanish (Spain) | Paíño de Wilson |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Paíño Pardo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Petrel de las Tormentas |
| Swedish | havslöpare |
| Turkish | Sarı Ayaklı Fırtınakırlangıcı |
| Ukrainian | Океанник Вільсона |
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Version: 1.0 — Published March 8, 2013
Photos from this Account
Tiny seabird with swallowlike proportions and flight. Note small head and bill, fairly short, broad wings, and long legs. Yellow webbing between toes is difficult to see but diagnostic.
Tiny seabird with small bill and long legs. Charcoal brown with large white patch on rump and upper tail coverts, wrapping around onto undertail coverts. Widespread in world's oceans except North Pacific; fairly common in North Atlantic.
Tiny seabird with small bill and relatively short, broad wings. Toes project beyond tail tip in flight. Note pale grayish bands on wings, created by pale tips of greater coverts.
Tiny seabird with short tubenosed bill. White rump patch wraps around onto undertail coverts. Molts flight feathers sequentially, creating gaps in the wing outline.
Characteristic feeding behavior involves fluttering low over the water and pattering feet on the surface to maintain balance and stir up food particles. Note extensive white on undertail coverts.
Tiny seabird with small tubenosed bill and fairly short, broad-based wings. Toes project beyond tail in flight. Large white rump patch wraps around onto undertail. Some individuals show very prominent pale bars in the wing.
Tiny charcoal brown seabird with prominent white rump patch. Toes project beyond the tail in flight.
Often forms flocks at sea and feeds by pattering on the water and plucking food items from the surface.
Forages on the open seas in most of the world's oceans except North Pacific. Rarely seen from land. Note extensive white on undertail coverts.
Macaulay Library Photos for Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Top-rated photos submitted to the Macaulay Library via eBird. Note: Our content editors have not confirmed the species identification for these photos.
