Townsend's Storm Petrel

Overview

Townsend's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates socorroensis) is a species of Northern Storm Petrels (Hydrobatidae) in the order Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Hydrobates; binomial: Hydrobates socorroensis; authority: (Townsend, CH, 1890).

Distribution

Breeding range: the Pacific Ocean. Non-breeding range: to waters off s California and s Mexico.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Townsend's Storm Petrel is split from Leach's Storm Petrel based on different vocalizations and morphology and from Ainley's Storm Petrel O. cheimomnestes also by sympatry with seasonal isolation (Ainley 1980; Howell et al. 2009; Howell 2012; NACC 2016-C-16). Move from Oceanodroma to Hydrobates (NACC 2019-B-7; SACC 190).