Black Storm Petrel

Hydrobates melania

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Hydrobatidae
Genus: Hydrobates
eBird Code: bkspet

Distribution

breeds islands off California and Baja California, including Gulf of California, from Channel Islands southward to Islas de San Benito (off central Baja California); ranges coastal waters northward to central California and southward to northern Peru

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkspet) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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