Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedFish

MarineCavity nestSmall · 40 g

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Jacky Judas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis), photo 4 — Photo: (c) alexsu, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) alexsu, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) alexsu, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) alexsu, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

Swinhoe'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. It is essentially dark brown in all plumages, and has a fluttering flight, pattering on the water surface as it picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface. Unlike the European storm petrel, it does not follow ships. In structure it most resembles a Leach's storm petrel with its forked tail, longish wings, and flight behaviour, but does not have a white rump and the call differs.

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When to see the Swinhoe's Storm Petrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Swinhoe's Storm Petrel

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 15 countries with regular records, and 5 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.

Taiwan India Singapore Australia China Israel Sri Lanka Indonesia Oman United Arab Emirates South Korea Japan Malaysia Thailand Hong Kong SAR China

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Portugal, United Kingdom, Spain, Norway.

About the Swinhoe's Storm Petrel

Swinhoe's storm petrel or Swinhoe's petrel is a small, all-brown seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae.

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Easily confused with

Least Storm PetrelHydrobates microsomaThe least storm petrel is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae.

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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