Storm Petrels
Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Hydrobatidae
The storm-petrels are the smallest of seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.
- Wilson's Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus LC
- White-faced Storm Petrel, Pelagodroma marina LC
- Black-bellied Storm Petrel, Fregetta tropica (A) LC
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma furcata LC
- Ringed Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma hornbyi (A) DD
- Leach's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa LC
- Ashy Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma homochroa EN
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma castro LC
- Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma tethys (C) LC
- Black Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma melania LC
- Least Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma microsoma LC
- Tristram's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma tristrami (A) NT
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