Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma) | Photos and ID

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Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Millie Basden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Madeleine Claire, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Brodie Cass Talbott, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Alina Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Least Storm Petrel (Hydrobates microsoma), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Least Storm Petrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Least Storm Petrel

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

United States Mexico Costa Rica Panama El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Colombia Peru Nicaragua Ecuador

About the Least Storm Petrel

The least storm petrel is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 13–15 cm in length, with a wingspan of 32 cm. It is the smallest member of the order Procellariiformes. It was formerly defined in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was synonymized with Hydrobates.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhisSwinhoe's storm petrel is a small bird, 18–21 cm in length with a 45–48 cm wingspan, though distinctly larger than the European storm petrel.

Wedge-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates tethysThe wedge-rumped storm petrel is a storm petrel.

Markham's Storm PetrelHydrobates markhamiMarkham's storm petrel is a large and slender storm petrel.

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