Family
Northern Storm-Petrels
Hydrobatidae
18 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Procellariiformes
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.
Species in this family
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Hydrobates castro
- Ainley's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates cheimomnestes
- Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Ashy Storm-Petrel Hydrobates homochroa
- Ringed Storm-Petrel Hydrobates hornbyi
- Cape Verde Storm-Petrel Hydrobates jabejabe
- Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Guadalupe Storm-Petrel Hydrobates macrodactylus
- Markham's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates markhami
- Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae
- Black Storm-Petrel Hydrobates melania
- Least Storm-Petrel Hydrobates microsoma
- Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Monteiro's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monteiroi
- European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Townsend's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates socorroensis
- Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Hydrobates tethys
- Tristram's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates tristrami
Lookalikes compared
- Ainley's Storm-Petrel vs Ashy Storm-Petrel
- Ainley's Storm-Petrel vs Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Ainley's Storm-Petrel vs Black Storm-Petrel
- Ainley's Storm-Petrel vs Tristram's Storm-Petrel
- Ashy Storm-Petrel vs Tristram's Storm-Petrel
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel vs Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel vs Monteiro's Storm-Petrel
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel vs Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Black Storm-Petrel vs Tristram's Storm-Petrel
- European Storm-Petrel vs Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
- European Storm-Petrel vs Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
- European Storm-Petrel vs Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel vs Ainley's Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel vs Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel vs Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel vs Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel vs Townsend's Storm-Petrel
- Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel vs Tristram's Storm-Petrel
- Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel vs Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
- Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel vs Tristram's Storm-Petrel
- Townsend's Storm-Petrel vs Ainley's Storm-Petrel
- Townsend's Storm-Petrel vs Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Townsend's Storm-Petrel vs Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel vs Black Storm-Petrel