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.
 
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) [XC436210]
by from Qingdao, Shandong, China (begging call, call)
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) [XC199797]
by Luke Halpin, Masayoshi Takaeishi, Hiroto Okabe, Kuniko Otsuki from Chilbal Island, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea (call)
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