Northern Storm-Petrels
Hydrobates
The European storm petrel, British storm petrel or just storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a seabird in the northern storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae. It is the only member of the genus Hydrobates. The small, square-tailed bird is entirely black except for a broad white rump and a white band on the underwings, and it has a fluttering, bat-like flight. The large majority of the population breeds on islands off the coasts of Europe, with the greatest...
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species
Leach's Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates leucorhous
Black Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates melania
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates furcatus
European Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates pelagicus
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates castro
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates tethys
Ashy Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates homochroa
Least Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates microsoma
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates monorhis
Townsend's Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates socorroensis
Markham's Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates markhami
Ringed Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates hornbyi
Tristram's Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates tristrami
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates matsudairae
Monteiro's Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates monteiroi
Cape Verde Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates jabejabe
Guadalupe Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates macrodactylus
Ainley's Storm-Petrel
speciesHydrobates cheimomnestes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4169.