Townsend's Storm Petrel

When to see the Townsend's Storm Petrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Townsend's Storm Petrel

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 2 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, ZZ.

About the Townsend's Storm Petrel

Townsend's storm petrel is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae. It breeds in the summer on rocks and islets of Guadalupe Island off the western coast of Mexico. It ranges in the Eastern Pacific Ocean north to southern California in the United States and south to 10°N latitude. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Leach's storm petrel. It was formerly defined in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was synonymized with Hydrobates.

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Easily confused with

Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhousLeach's petrel is a small bird at 18–21 cm in length with a 43–48 cm wingspan. Ainley's Storm PetrelHydrobates cheimomnestesAinley's storm petrel is a medium-sized species about 18 cm (7.1 in) long, with fairly long wings with blunt points, and a moderately long, forked tail. Cape Verde Storm PetrelHydrobates jabejabeThis bird is darker in plumage and the white rump is less conspicuous than Leach's storm petrel.