Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates furcatus
Northern Storm-Petrels (Hydrobatidae) · Procellariiformes (Procellariiformes)
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| Specie | Confusioni |
|---|---|
| Black Storm-Petrel Hydrobates melania | 2 |
| Beccapesci Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 |
| Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes | 1 |
| Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus | 1 |
| Uccello delle tempeste di Wilson Oceanites oceanicus | 1 |
Famiglia
Northern storm petrels are seabirds in the genus Hydrobates in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. The family was once lumped with the similar austral storm petrels in the combined storm petrels, but have been split, as they are not closely related. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering.
Ordine
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families; the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, Procellariiformes are often referred to collectively as the petrels, a term that has been applied to all members of the order, or more commonly all the families except the albatrosses. They are almost exclusively pelagic (feeding in the open ocean), and have a cosmopolitan distribution across the world's oceans, …