Black Storm Petrel

Hydrobates melania - Océanite noir

Systematics

Order
:
Procellariiformes
Family
:
Hydrobatidés
Genus
:
Hydrobates
Species
:
melania

Descriptor

Bonaparte, 1854

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: 46 à 51 cm.
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black Storm Petrel (Hydrobates melania) is a species of bird in the Hydrobatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Océanite noir,
Paíño negro,
painho-preto,
Schwarzwellenläufer,
Zwart Stormvogeltje,
Uccello delle tempeste nero,
svart stormsvala,
Bajastormsvale,
víchrovníček tmavý,
buřňáček tmavý,
Sort Stormsvale,
mustakeiju,
ocell de tempesta negre,
nawałnik czarny,
melnais vētrasburātājs,
Чёрная качурка,
アメリカクロウミツバメ,
美州黑叉尾海燕,
美洲叉尾海燕,

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, Steve N. G. Howell, Sophie Webb
Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
Birds of Mexico Central America, Ber Van Perlo
Handbook of the birds of the world Vol.14, josep del Hoyo
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Avibase, Lepage Denis
HBW Alive,
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest