Black Storm Petrel
Hydrobates melania(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854)
English (US) Black Storm Petrel
The Black Storm Petrel (Hydrobates melania) 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 islands off California and Baja California, including Gulf of California, from Channel Islands southward to Islas de San Benito (off central Baja California); ranges coastal waters northward to central California and southward to northern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates melania
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Storm Petrel
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria melania
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854)
- Type locality
- coast of California.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 38 p.662
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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