Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma furcata) ©USFWS
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. (Psalms 8:8 KJV)
CLASS – AVES, Order – PROCELLARIIFORMES, Family – Hydrobatidae – Storm Petrels
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Species (18)
European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Least Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma microsoma)
Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma tethys)
Band-rumped Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma castro)
Monteiro’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)
Cape Verde Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma jabejabe)
Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)
Leach’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Townsend’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma socorroensis)
Ainley’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma cheimomnestes)
Markham’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma markhami)
Tristram’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami)
Black Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma melania)
Guadalupe Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma macrodactyla)
Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)
Ashy Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa)
Hornby’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma hornbyi)
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma furcata)
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- Storm Petrel – Wikipedia
- Hydrobatidae – Le quide ornitho
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Storm petrels are seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. Their flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.
Storm petrels are found in all oceans. They are strictly pelagic, coming to land only when breeding. In the case of most species, little is known of their behaviour and distribution at sea, where they can be hard to find and harder to identify. They are colonial nesters, displaying strong philopatry to their natal colonies and nesting sites. Most species nest in crevices or burrows and all but one species attend the breeding colonies nocturnally. Pairs form long-term monogamous bonds and share incubation and chick feeding duties. Like many species of seabird, nesting is highly protracted with incubation taking up to 50 days and fledging another 70 days after that. (Wikipedia with editing)
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