Oceanodroma

Oceanodroma is a genus of storm petrels. The genus name is from Ancient Greek okeanos, 'ocean' and dromos, 'runner'. One species, the Guadalupe storm petrel (O. macrodactyla), is extinct. In 2010, the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) added the Cape Verde storm petrel (O. jabejabe) to their list of accepted species (AS) splits, following Bolton et al. 2007. This species was split from the band-rumped storm petrel (O. castro). In 2016, the IOC added Townsend's storm petrel (O. socorroensis) and Ainley's storm petrel (O. cheimomnestes) to their list of AS splits, following Howell 2012. These species were split from Leach's storm petrel (O. leucorhoa).