Wilson's storm petrel

English

Etymology

The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.

Noun

Wilson's storm petrel (plural Wilson's storm petrels)

A small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.

Synonyms

Wilson's petrel

Translations

small seabird

Dutch: Wilsons stormvogeltje n
Finnish: etelänkeiju (fi)
French: océanite de Wilson f

German: Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe f
Navajo: Kéyah Yistinídę́ę́ʼ níyol yiiʼ naatʼaʼígíí
Russian: качу́рка Ви́льсона f (kačúrka Vílʹsona)

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