Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

Hydrobates furcatus - Océanite à queue fourchue

Océanite à queue fourchue
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Hydrobatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Hydrobates

  • Species
    :

    furcatus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 23 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 46 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Océanite à queue fourchue
adult

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Hydrobates furcatus) is a species of bird in the Hydrobatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Hydrobates furcatus furcatus (n Kuril, Komandorskiye and Aleutian Is.)
  • Hydrobates furcatus plumbeus ()

Foreign names

  • Océanite à queue fourchue,
  • Paíño rabihorcado,
  • painho-prateado,
  • Gabelschwanz-Wellenläufer,
  • Parelgrijs Stormvogeltje,
  • Uccello delle tempeste forcuto,
  • grå stormsvala,
  • Gråstormsvale,
  • víchrovníček vidlochvostý,
  • buřňáček šedý,
  • Kløfthalet Stormsvale,
  • harmaakeiju,
  • ocell de tempesta cuaforcat,
  • nawałnik popielaty,
  • šķeltastes vētrasburātājs,
  • Сизая качурка,
  • ハイイロウミツバメ,
  • 灰蓝叉尾海燕,
  • 灰藍叉尾海燕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Grassland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; 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)

Geographic range

Distribution

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

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published: - Updated: 11-06-2015
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