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Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates furcatus
28 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
Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Ashy Storm-PetrelHydrobates homochroaStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 24,340 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 9,578 |
| Washington | 7,125 |
| California | 5,987 |
| Canada | 4,791 |
| British Columbia | 4,788 |
| Oregon | 1,648 |
| Russia | 6 |
| Japan | 4 |
| Hokkaido | 4 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Rock nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on rocks or cliffs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- 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
- Fish eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fish.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 |
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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 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.