Band-rumped Storm Petrel

The Band-rumped Storm Petrel (Hydrobates castro) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Hydrobatidae (Northern Storm Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.

Range: breeds in Atlantic Ocean on Macaronesian and Berlengas islands of western Atlantic, islets near St. Helena and Ascension islands, in Pacific off central Japan, Kauai, and the Galapagos; ranges in Atlantic to Gulf Stream, Gulf of Mexico, western Africa and Gulf of Guinea, in North Pacific, seas off Japan, near main Hawaiian Islands, and coasts of southern Central America to northwestern South America and westward to MarquesasRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name

Hydrobates castro

Family

Hydrobatidae (Northern Storm Petrels)

Order

Procellariiformes

IUCN Red List

LCLeast Concern

English (US)

Band-rumped Storm Petrel

Described by

(Harcourt, EWV, 1851)