Birds › Northern Storm-Petrels
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Ashy Storm-PetrelHydrobates homochroa
Least Storm-PetrelHydrobates microsoma
Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Markham's Storm-PetrelHydrobates markhami
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 48,457 |
|---|---|
| California | 48,315 |
| Arizona | 137 |
| Mexico | 11 |
| Nayarit | 7 |
| Nevada | 4 |
| Baja California | 2 |
| Oregon | 1 |
| Sinaloa | 1 |
| Sonora | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Group and habits
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Burrow nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in burrows.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Crevice nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in crevices.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Tubenoses · Procellariiformes |
| Family | Northern Storm-Petrels · Hydrobatidae |
| Genus | Northern Storm-Petrels · Hydrobates |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Black Storm-Petrel with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.