Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel
Hydrobates monorhis
NTNear Threatened
- Family
- Northern Storm Petrels (Hydrobatidae)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Overview
Swinhoe's storm petrel or Swinhoe's petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) is a small, all-brown seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds mainly islands off Japan, also islets off southeastern Russia, Korean Peninsula, eastern China, and Taiwan; ranges through eastern Indonesian Archipelago to southern India and Sri Lanka, Arabian Sea, and off northeastern African coast; recent records from Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Swinhoe's storm petrel
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
