| Storm petrel | |
|---|---|
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| European storm petrels (Hydrobatidae) | |
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| Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanitidae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Austrodyptornithes |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Groups included | |
| Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa | |
Storm petrel or stormy petrel may refer to one of two seabird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family.
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 macrodactylus | 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 |
Up and down!—up and down!
From the base of the wave to the billow's crown,
And amidst the flashing and feathery foam
The stormy petrel finds a home,—
A home, if such a place may be
For her who lives on the wide, wide sea.
O’er the deep!—o'er the deep!
Where the whale and the shark and the sword-fish sleep,—
Outflying the blast and the driving rain,
The petrel telleth her tale—in vain!
From "The Stormy Petrel", a poem by Barry Cornwall [1]
