Storm-petrels - Family Hydrobatidae
Species of Storm-petrels
Storm-petrels are seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes.
Storm-petrels all dark with white rumps which may be found in New England waters
The following table summarizes these characteristics. Study the page for each bird for more pictures and information.
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.
Least storm-petrel Oceanodroma microsoma
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Length: 5.5 inches Wingspan: 13 inches
Sexes similar
Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed
Small-sized storm-petrel
Dark bill with tube on top
Dark plumage
Dark rump ...
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot)
Status Common in summer. Breeds. Our breeding birds arrive off Nova Scotia in early April and remain until early November, and there may be later stragglers.
Storm-petrels are true seabirds, coming to land only to nest or when driven ashore by hurricanes. Several species, including Tristram's, patter their feet on the surface of the water while flying; the word "petrel" is an allusion to St.
Whitefaced Storm-petrel, White-faced Petrel, White-breasted Storm-petrel, East Australian White-faced Petrel (howei = marina), North Atlantic White-faced Petrel (hypoleuca), South Atlantic White-faced Petrel (marina), ...
European Storm-petrel
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White-bellied Storm-petrel - profile
Scientific name: Fregetta grallaria
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
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Storm-Petrels, Pelicans and Comorants
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erthrorhynchos)
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceandodrama castro) ...
Madeira storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)
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White-faced Storm-petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
The trip set out from the Northland town of Warkworth (around an hour north of Auckland) bright and early at 8.
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro. Fairly common in summer. Pelagic. Found in the Gulf.
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The European Storm-petrel or Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a small bird of the storm-petrel family, Hydrobatidae, part of the seabird order Procellariiformes. It is the only member of the genus Hydrobates.
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Along the Pacific coast of North America, peregrine falcons prey on marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus), ancient murrelets (Synthliboramphus antiquus), Cassin's auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus), fork-tailed storm-petrels (Oceanodroma ...
They have been implicated in the extinction of several species and local extinctions, such as the huitas from the Caribbean and the Guadeloupe Storm-petrel from Pacific Mexico.
Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific.
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Masked Booby
Magnificent Frigatebird
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
The Storm-Petrels are most common from May through August and become scarce by September.
This family contains the storm petrels which are small sea birds. They feed on small fish and plankton.
Species in this family:
Band-rumped Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)
Wilson's Storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) ...
Puffinus gravis - Great Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris - Short-tailed Shearwater
Hydrobatidae - Petrels
Oceanodroma
Oceanodroma leucorrhoa - Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma monorhis - Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel ...
Kiwis, some Hummingbirds, and some species of Storm-Petrel regularly lay eggs that represent 25% of their body weight.
LEACH'S PETREL.--FORKED-TAILED PETREL.
[Leach's Storm-Petrel.]
THALASSIDROMA LEACHII, Temm.
[Oceanodroma leucorhoa.] ...
Albatrosses (DIOMEDEIDAE)
Shearwaters and Petrels (PROCELLARIIDAE)
Storm-Petrels (HYDROBATIDAE)
Pelicans and Allies (PELECANIFORMES) ...
The diet of this predatory species in summer includes the eggs and young of nesting seabirds (cormorants, ducks, alcids, other gulls and terns), and adults of smaller species such as Leach's Storm-Petrel and Black Guillemot.
Turtles have been determined to evolve with just one-eighth of the speed of other reptiles on the molecular level, and the rate of molecular evolution in albatrosses is half of what is found in the rather closely related storm-petrels.
 See also: Petrel, Shearwater, Gannet, Cormorant, Puffin
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