Atlantic populations are found in the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, Berlengas, St. Similar species: Most likely to be confused with other storm petrels. The Band-rumped Storm-Petrel breeds on islands in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.ĭecreasing Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident):īirdLife International (2022) Species factsheet: Hydrobates castro. Shallow wingbeats and glides like a shearwater. However, fishermen on São Tomé and Príncipe are familiar with black-and-white storm petrels under the. castro hereafter Gulf of Guinea Storm Petrel), in the equatorial east Atlantic, are known from only a small number of museum specimens, and at-sea and over-land records. The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). Band-rumped storm petrels in the Gulf of Guinea ( Hydrobates cf.
The band-rumped storm petrel is 1921 cm in length with a 4346 cm wingspan, and weighs 4449 g. Iam oni kaptis ekzempleron de Madejra petrelo kiel plenkreskulo je nur 2 m el ties naskotruo. Body is almost uniformly blackish brown to black with some paler, but not. While the Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro), likely occurred on all main Hawaiian islands prior to Western contact, its fossil remains were found on the islands of Oahu and Molokai. Justification of Red List category This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence 30% decline over ten years or three generations). In one instance a band-rumped storm petrel was caught as an adult 2 m from its natal burrow. The white rump extends to the lateral and under-tail coverts. Click here for more information about the Red List categories and criteria Band-rumped-types strongly resemble storm-petrels of other groups (such as Elliot’s, Wilson’s and Leach’s ), and are best distinguished by their characteristic flight pattern: which is comparatively steady and stable, often gliding on flat wings like a shearwater.