Black Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates melania)

Black Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma melania)

Class: Aves
Family: Hydrobatidae
Common Name: Black Storm-Petrel
Genus: Hydrobates
Species Name: melania

About The Black Storm-Petrel

This species breeds on islands off the coast of southern Calfornia (USA), the Baja Peninsula and the Gulf of California (Mexico). During winter it disperses south and can be found off the coasts of Colombia and Ecuador¹.

Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2013. Hydrobates melania. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>