Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
Photo: C. Schlawe · Public domain

Northern Storm Petrels

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

Hydrobates furcatus

LCLeast Concern
Family
Northern Storm Petrels (Hydrobatidae)
Order
Procellariiformes

Overview

The fork-tailed storm petrel (Hydrobates furcatus) is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is the second-most abundant and widespread storm petrel (after Leach's storm petrel) and is the only bird in its family that is bluish-grey in colour.
The fork-tailed storm petrel is pelagic, spending up to 8 months in the northern Pacific Ocean. They only return to land to breed, where they nest in a single colony.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.