- Hydrobates monorhis
Oceanodroma monorhis
Identification
18–20 cm (7-7¾ in)
- Dark brownish
- Small head
- Notched tail
Distribution
They breed on islands in the northwest Pacific off China, Japan and Korea. They spend the rest of the year at sea, ranging into the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, and as a rare guest into the Atlantic where photographed off Hatteras, North Carolina[2].
Taxonomy
Habitat
Coastal waters, where they breed on off shore islands and open seas.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in loose colonies close to the sea in rock crevices and burrows. They lay a single white egg.
Diet
They take plankton from the ocean surface. They 'dip' for the feed, rather than paddle.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds
- Carboneras, C., F. Jutglar, E. de Juana, and G. M. Kirwan (2021). Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.swspet.01.1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Swinhoe's Storm Petrel. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Swinhoe%27s_Storm_Petrel
