Ringed Storm Petrel

When to see the Ringed 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 March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ringed Storm Petrel

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.

About the Ringed Storm Petrel

The ringed storm petrel, also known as Hornby's storm petrel, is a seabird that ranges in the Humboldt Current off the coasts of South America. The species is a very distinctive member of the storm petrel family, with a dark cap, white face and underparts, forked tail and a black band across the chest. It is relatively common in the seas off Peru, Chile and Ecuador. The species is named after Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby.

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Easily confused with

Matsudaira's Storm PetrelHydrobates matsudairaeMatsudaira's storm petrel is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae. Tristram's Storm PetrelHydrobates tristramiTristram's storm petrel or ʻakihikeʻehiʻale is a species of seabird in the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. Monteiro's Storm PetrelHydrobates monteiroiMonteiro's storm petrel is a seabird species from the storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae.