Species
Hydrobates leucorhous (Leach's storm-petrel)
Hydrobates leucorhous. Photo: (c) pleasantbaymac, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The European storm petrel, British storm petrel or just storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a seabird in the northern storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae. It is the only member of the genus Hydrobates. The small, square-tailed bird is entirely black except for a broad white rump and a white band on the underwings, and it has a fluttering, bat-like flight. The large majority of the population breeds on islands off the coasts of Europe, with the greatest…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Procellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- Family: Hydrobatidae (Northern storm-petrels)
- Genus: Hydrobates
- Species: Hydrobates leucorhous (Leach's storm-petrel)
- Genus: Hydrobates
- Family: Hydrobatidae (Northern storm-petrels)
- Order: Procellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)



