European storm petrel
British storm petrel
storm petrel
hydrobates pelagicus latin

Unlike the European Storm Petrel, it does not follow ships.

Like European Storm Petrel, it is highly gregarious, and will also follow ships.

The European Storm Petrel has a very distinct whitish lining to the underwing and a nearly all dark upperwing.

European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

It is slightly larger than the European Storm Petrel and is essentially dark brown in all plumages, except for the white rump and flanks.

The European Storm Petrel or Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a small bird of the storm-petrel family, Hydrobatidae, part of the seabird order Procellariiformes.

In Europe, it can be readily distinguished from the European Storm Petrel and the Wilson's Storm Petrel by its larger size, forked tail, different rump pattern and flight behavior.

Nólsoy has one of the world's largest colonies of European Storm Petrels (50,000 pairs), and is also home to the first known wild population of Common Frogs in the Faroe Islands.

The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for seabirds, especially European Storm Petrels (5000 pairs) and Atlantic Puffins (10,000 pairs).

The island is important for its breeding seabirds, especially the European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus).

European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

There is also the largest colony of the western Mediterranean of Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus).

The breeding colony of European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) occupied 17 sites during the Seabird 2000 survey.

The island has one of the largest Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) colonies in the UK, together with other breeding seabirds.

There are 6 species of Seagulls (Larus) and the Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) colony on Nólsoy is the largest in the world.

There are eleven species of breeding seabirds with the European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) and European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) of national importance.

Twelve species nest here, of which two, European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) and Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) have nationally important breeding populations.

The European Storm Petrel or Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a small bird of the storm-petrel family, Hydrobatidae, part of the seabird order Procellariiformes.