Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis)

Family
Hydrobatidae (Northern Storm-petrels)

Size
20 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swinhoe, 1867)

Derivation
�-ce-an-o'-dro-ma - Gk, from oceanodromos, ocean-running: Gk, mornorhis - ?

Abundance (Guide)
R - V

Rare vagrant. Recorded off Broome, WA, November, 1999 with later unconfirmed reports.

Habitat
Marine, pelagic, breeding on islands in the north-western Pacific Ocean.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (NB), Indonesia, Japan (B), Malaysia, North Korea (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Singapore (NB), South Korea (B), Sri Lanka, Taiwan (China) (B), Thailand.

Vagrant to Israel, Oman, Portugal, Seychelles, United Kingdom, Yemen.

Japan (northern Kyushu, western Honshu) west to Yellow Sea off China and Korea, and north to extreme south-eastern USSR. Breeds on islands in the north-western Pacific Ocean, including Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea and off Korea. In non-breeding season migrates through south-eastern Asian seas and into Indian Ocean. Recent records suggest possible breeding in northern Atlantic.

Image of Range of Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel

Rarity Status
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Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Generally silent at sea.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) [XC284211]
by AwingQian from Koya Island, Munakata-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Kyushu, Japan (call, purr)

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) [XC239829]
by AwingQian from Selvagem Grande (central plateau \/ planalto central), Regi\u00e3o Aut\u00f3noma da Madeira (Madeira), Portugal (call, chatter-call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds on islands in the north-western Pacific Ocean.

Subspecies
Sometimes considered subspecies of Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous). May form superspecies with Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) and Ashy Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates homochroa).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Tristram's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates tristrami) which has a more forked tail and buffish wingbars and rump and Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates matsudairae) which has a more forked tail and shows white shafts on upperwing flight feathers and White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Fregetta grallaria) which has a square tail and pale mottling on the belly and undertail coverts.

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References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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