Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates furcatus)

Other Names (World)
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Grey Storm-Petrel, Gray Storm-Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

Family
Hydrobatidae (Northern Storm-petrels)

Size
20 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Marine, pelagic. Breeds on remote islands. Occasionally visits harbors after storms.

Range (Guide)

Canada (B), Japan, Russia (Asian), United States Minor Outlying Islands, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 6,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly planktonic crustaceans, small fish and squid. Feeds on the wing or by surface-seizing.

Voice
Generally silent at sea. At colonies gives a soft twittering, chirping and highly rasping 'skveeee skew skwe'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Hydrobates furcatus) [XC157187]
by id from Juan Perez Sound, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada (call)

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Hydrobates furcatus) [XC165178]
by David Bradley from Skeena-Queen Charlotte E, Skeena-Queen Charlotte, British Columbia, Canada (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

furcata (Gmelin, 1789) - Northern Kuril, Commander and Aleutian Is.
plumbea (Peale, 1849) - Western coast of northern America, from Alaska south to northern California.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates furcatus) - 10 files

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