Storm petrel
Storm-petrel may refer to one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family.
European Storm-petrels of the family Hydrobatidae.
Wilson's Storm-petrel, of the family Oceanitidae.
The two families are:
- Northern storm petrels (Hydrobatidae) are found in the Northern Hemisphere, although some species around the Equator dip into the south.
| Common name | Scientific name | Status |
|---|---|---|
| European storm petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | LC |
| Fork-tailed storm petrel | Hydrobates furcatus | LC |
| Ringed storm petrel | Hydrobates hornbyi | NT |
| Leach's storm petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | LC |
| Townsend's storm petrel | Hydrobates socorroensis | EN |
| Ainley's storm petrel | Hydrobates cheimomnestes | VU |
| Swinhoe's storm petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | NT |
| Ashy storm petrel | Hydrobates homochroa | EN |
| Band-rumped storm petrel | Hydrobates castro | LC |
| Monteiro's storm petrel | Hydrobates monteiroi | VU |
| Cape Verde storm petrel | Hydrobates jabejabe | LC |
| Wedge-rumped storm petrel | Hydrobates tethys | LC |
| Black storm petrel | Hydrobates melania | LC |
| Guadalupe storm petrel | Hydrobates macrodactyla | CR (Probably Extinct) |
| Markham's storm petrel | Hydrobates markhami | NT |
| Matsudaira's storm petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | VU |
| Tristram's storm petrel | Hydrobates tristrami | LC |
| Least storm petrel | Hydrobates microsoma | LC |
- Southern storm-petrels (Oceanitidae) are found in all oceans, although only white-faced storm petrel (breeding in the North Atlantic, in addition to the Southern Ocean) and Wilson's Storm-petrels (on migration) are found in the Northern Hemisphere.
| Common name | Scientific name | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson's storm petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | LC | ||||
| Pincoya storm petrel | Oceanites pincoyae | DD | ||||
| Elliot's storm petrel | Oceanites gracilis | DD | - | Grey-backed storm petrel | Garrodia nereis | LC |
| White-faced storm petrel | Pelagodroma marina | LC | ||||
| White-bellied storm petrel | Fregetta grallaria | LC | ||||
| New Zealand storm petrel | Fregetta maoriana | CR | ||||
| Black-bellied storm petrel or Gould's Storm-petrel | Fregetta tropica | LC | ||||
| Polynesian Storm-petrel (including white-throated storm-petrel) | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | EN | ||||
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