Storm petrel

Storm petrel may refer to one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family.

European storm petrels of the family Hydrobatidae.

Wilson's storm petrel, of the family Oceanitidae.

The two families are:

• Northern storm petrels (Hydrobatidae) are found in the Northern Hemisphere, although some species around the Equator dip into the south.

Subfamily	Common name	Scientific name	Status
Hydrobatinae	European storm petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	extant
	Leach's storm petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	extant
	Townsend's storm petrel	Oceanodroma socorroensis	extant
	Ainley's storm petrel	Oceanodroma cheimomnestes	extant
	Matsudaira's storm petrel	Oceanodroma matsudairae	extant
	Least storm petrel	Oceanodroma microsoma	extant
	Wedge-rumped storm petrel	Oceanodroma tethys	extant
	Band-rumped storm petrel	Oceanodroma castro	extant
	Monteiro's storm petrel	Oceanodroma monteiroi	extant
	Swinhoe's storm petrel	Oceanodroma monorhis	extant
	Guadalupe storm petrel	Oceanodroma macrodactyla	likely extinct
	Tristram's storm petrel	Oceanodroma tristrami	extant
	Markham's storm petrel	Oceanodroma markhami	extant
	Black storm petrel	Oceanodroma melania	extant
	Ashy storm petrel	Oceanodroma homochroa	extant
	Hornby's storm petrel	Oceanodroma hornbyi	extant
	Fork-tailed storm petrel	Oceanodroma furcata	extant

• Austral storm petrels (Oceanitidae) are found in all oceans, although only white-faced storm petrels (breeding in the North Atlantic, in addition to the Southern Ocean) and Wilson's storm petrels (on migration) are found in the Northern Hemisphere.

Subfamily	Common name	Scientific name	Status
Oceanitinae	Wilson's storm petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	extant
	Elliot's storm petrel	Oceanites gracilis	extant
	Grey-backed storm petrel	Garrodia nereis	extant
	White-faced storm petrel	Pelagodroma marina	extant
	Black-bellied storm petrel or Gould's storm petrel	Fregetta tropica	extant
	White-bellied storm petrel	Fregetta grallaria	extant
	New Zealand storm petrel	Fregetta maoriana	extant
	Polynesian storm petrel (including white-throated storm petrel)	Nesofregetta fuliginosa	extant