Storm Petrel
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
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Petrel - common name given various oceanic birds belonging, like the albatross and the shearwater, to the order known commonly as tube-nosed swimmers.
Mousa storm petrels
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The New Zealand storm petrel, Oceanites maorianus, thought to be extinct for more than 150 years, has been seen in the Hauraki Gulf and off the Coromandel Peninsula.
Storm Petrels - Family Hydrobatidae
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus. Fairly common in summer in Gulf Coast region. Pelagic. Found in the Gulf.
[edit] Storm Petrels
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Hydrobatidae ...
6/30/02 Storm Petrels-Gloucester
Report from Susan Hedman
I walked out the dogbar breakwater in East Gloucester today with my niece.
Storm Petrels flutter and hop over waves, pattering with webbed feet.
They are found singly or in flocks. Storm Petrels lay 1 egg.
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
C (1979) "Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics of the ‘Hovering’ Flight of Wilson's Storm Petrel" Journal of Experimental Biology 80: 83-91[2]
Erickson, J. (1955) "Flight behavior of the Procellariiformes" The Auk 72: 415-420 [3] ...
This bird is far more frequently seen during its relatively short sojourn here than Leach's Storm Petrel. It is found along the entire Scotian Shelf on the Atlantic side of Nova Scotia, and a few birds enter the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Other storm petrels are very similar. Black, Ashy, and Least storm-petrels lack the white rump. Wedge-rumped storm-petrel is smaller with a larger rump patch.
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) ...
In those far off days he records storm petrel being taken alive in Rose Lane, dipper at Pull's Ferry and black terns when on spring migration being shot from Foundry Bridge. Times have changed.
The Wilson's Storm Petrel is a mystery since it is common near the mouth of the Mississippi River but is difficult to find in Texas. South Polar Skua may be one of the most likely pelagic rarities.
Oceanites oceanicus (Wilson's storm-petrel)
Information on Wilson's storm petrel is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 8 Images 3 Videos ...
European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): European Storm Petrel, European Storm-petrel, British Storm-petrel, Storm-petrel
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
These storm petrels also scavenge larger items of food by swimming alongside and pecking at them. They sometimes forage in the company of small, slow cetaceans like the bottlenose dolphin, which likely drive prey to the surface.
 See also: Petrel, Shearwater, Storm-Petrel, Seabird, Sparrow
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