Storm petrel
Storm petrel or storm petrels may refer to one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family.
The two families are:
- Northern storm petrels (Hydrobatidae), found in the northern hemisphere although some species around the equator dip into the south
Subfamily | Common name | Scientific name | Status |
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Hydrobatinae | European storm petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | extant |
Leach's storm petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | extant | |
Townsend's storm petrel | Oceanodroma socorroensis | extant | |
Ainley's storm petrel | Oceanodroma cheimomnestes | extant | |
Matsudaira's storm petrel | Oceanodroma matsudairae | extant | |
Least storm petrel | Oceanodroma microsoma | extant | |
Wedge-rumped storm petrel | Oceanodroma tethys | extant | |
Band-rumped storm petrel | Oceanodroma castro | extant | |
Monteiro's storm petrel | Oceanodroma monteiroi | extant | |
Swinhoe's storm petrel | Oceanodroma monorhis | extant | |
Guadalupe storm petrel | Oceanodroma macrodactyla | extinct | |
Tristram's storm petrel | Oceanodroma tristrami | extant | |
Markham's storm petrel | Oceanodroma markhami | extant | |
Black storm petrel | Oceanodroma melania | extant | |
Ashy storm petrel | Oceanodroma homochroa | extant | |
Hornby's storm petrel | Oceanodroma hornbyi | extant | |
Fork-tailed storm petrel | Oceanodroma furcata | extant |
- Austral storm petrels (Oceanitidae), found in all oceans, although only the Wilson's storm-petrels are found in the northern hemisphere
Subfamily | Common name | Scientific name | Status |
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Oceanitinae | Wilson's storm petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | extant |
Elliot's storm petrel | Oceanites gracilis | extant | |
Grey-backed storm petrel | Garrodia nereis | extant | |
White-faced storm petrel | Pelagodroma marina | extant | |
Black-bellied storm petrel or Gould's storm petrel | Fregetta tropica | extant | |
White-bellied storm petrel | Fregetta grallaria | extant | |
New Zealand storm petrel | Fregetta maoriana | extant | |
Polynesian storm petrel (including white-throated storm petrel) | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | extant | |
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