Hydrobatinae

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Hydrobatinae
Markham's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma markhami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Hydrobatidae Subfamily: Oceanitinae
Genera
Hydrobates Oceanodroma

Hydrobatinae is one of two subfamilies of storm-petrels. The distribution of the subfamily is predominantly in the northern hemisphere. The subfamily contains two (sometimes three) genera in which there are 14 species. They were the first group of storm-petrels to break off from the ancestral petrel stock, and for this reason some authors have suggested that they should constitute a separate family from the Oceanitinae storm-petrels.^[1]

• Subfamily Hydrobatinae
  • European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
  • Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
  • Matsudaira's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae
  • Least Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma microsoma
  • Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma tethys
  • Madeiran Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma castro
  • Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis
  • Guadalupe Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma macrodactyla (extinct)
  • Tristram's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma tristrami
  • Markham's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma markhami
  • Black Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma melania
  • Ashy Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma homochroa
  • Hornby's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma hornbyi
  • Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma furcata

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