European Storm Petrel
Hydrobates pelagicus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Hydrobatidae
- Genus
- Hydrobates
- eBird Code
- bripet
Subspecies (2)
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Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis
breeds islets of Mediterranean Sea and Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, and Aegean seas; ranges near breeding areas
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Hydrobates pelagicus pelagicus
breeds northeastern Atlantic islets from southern Iceland and Faroe Islands northward to central Norway and southward to northern Spain and Canary Islands; ranges to waters off western and southern Africa
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.