Northern Storm Petrels

Black Storm Petrel

Hydrobates melania

The Black Storm Petrel (Hydrobates melania) is a 62 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Northern Storm Petrels

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

62 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Aquatic predator

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Honduras.

Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist