European storm petrel

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The European storm petrel is a small, nocturnal seabird of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean known for its fluttering flight close to the ocean surface and its association with offshore islands and cliffs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
European storm petrel canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird ⓘ
storm petrel ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
associatedWith offshore islands and cliffs ⓘ
pelagic waters ⓘ
billType slender black bill ⓘ
binomialName Hydrobates pelagicus ⓘ
linked to: Oceanodroma
bodyLength about 14 to 18 cm ⓘ
breedingHabitat offshore islands ⓘ
sea cliffs ⓘ
breedsInCountry Greece ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
breedsInRegion Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic
class Aves ⓘ
commonName European storm petrel ⓘ
storm petrel ⓘ
stormy petrel ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
offal ⓘ
planktonic invertebrates ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
distinctiveMarking white rump patch ⓘ
distributionHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
family Hydrobatidae ⓘ
flightStyle fluttering flight close to sea surface ⓘ
footColor black legs and feet ⓘ
foragingHabitat open ocean ⓘ
genus Hydrobates ⓘ
incubation both parents incubate egg ⓘ
IUCNStatus Least Concern ⓘ
IUCNStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migrationPattern migratory ⓘ
navigation uses olfactory cues at sea ⓘ
nestType burrow ⓘ
rock crevice ⓘ
nonBreedingRange South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic

tropical Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
order Procellariiformes ⓘ
parentalCare both parents feed chick ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumageColor mostly blackish-brown ⓘ
predators gulls ⓘ
rats ⓘ
skuas ⓘ
previousBinomialName Hydrobates pelagicus ⓘ
linked to: Oceanodroma

Oceanodroma pelagica ⓘ
linked to: Oceanodroma
reproduction lays a single egg per breeding season ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threats introduced mammalian predators ⓘ
light pollution ⓘ
oil pollution ⓘ
vocalizationContext nocturnal calls at breeding colonies ⓘ
wingspan about 36 to 39 cm ⓘ
yearDescribed 1758 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nólsoy → hasBirdSpecies → European storm petrel ⓘ
Skokholm Island → supportsPopulationOf → European storm petrel ⓘ
European storm petrel → commonName → European storm petrel ⓘ