Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Procellariiformes > Family: Hydrobatidae > Genus: Hydrobates > Species: Hydrobates pelagicus

Storm Petrel - Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 3 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	212 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A014

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000001	Spain	Illas Cíes	Map
ES0000019	Spain	Aiguamolls de l'Alt Empordà	Map
ES0000020	Spain	Delta de l'Ebre	Map
ES0000024	Spain	Doñana	Map
ES0000040	Spain	Islotes del norte de Lanzarote y Famara	Map
ES0000042	Spain	Dunas de Corralejo e Isla de Lobos	Map
ES0000061	Spain	Àrees emergides de les Illes Columbretes	Map
ES0000074	Spain	Cap de cala Figuera	Map
ES0000078	Spain	Es Vedrà - Es Vedranell	Map
ES0000083	Spain	Arxipèlag de Cabrera	Map
ES0000084	Spain	Ses Salines d'Eivissa i Formentera	Map
ES0000103	Spain	El Hierro	Map
ES0000104	Spain	Gorreta y Salmor	Map
ES0000105	Spain	Acantilados de Alajeró, La Dama y Valle Gran Rey	Map
ES0000109	Spain	Anaga	Map
ES0000121	Spain	Illots de Benidorm i Serra Gelada	Map
ES0000140	Spain	Bahía de Cádiz	Map
ES0000143	Spain	Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel y Ría de Ajo	Map
ES0000144	Spain	Urdaibaiko itsasadarra / Ría de Urdaibai	Map
ES0000176	Spain	Costa da Morte (Norte)	Map
ES0000197	Spain	Acantilados del Monte Hacho	Map
ES0000200	Spain	Isla Grosa	Map
ES0000214	Spain	Espacio marino de Tabarca	Map
ES0000221	Spain	Sa Dragonera	Map
ES0000236	Spain	Illa de l'Aire	Map
ES0000241	Spain	Costa dels Amunts	Map
ES0000242	Spain	Illots de Santa Eulària, Rodona i es Canà	Map
ES0000254	Spain	Illa de Ons	Map
ES0000256	Spain	Islas Hormigas	Map
ES0000258	Spain	Costa de Ferrolterra - Valdoviño	Map
ES0000264	Spain	La Muela-Cabo Tiñoso	Map
ES0000270	Spain	Isla Cueva de Lobos	Map
ES0000271	Spain	Isla de las Palomas	Map
ES0000317	Spain	Penarronda-Barayo	Map
ES0000318	Spain	Cabo Busto-Luanco	Map
ES0000319	Spain	Ría de Ribadesella-Ría de Tinamayor	Map
ES0000372	Spain	Costa da Mariña occidental	Map
ES1110002	Spain	Costa Ártabra	Map
ES1110005	Spain	Costa da Morte	Map
ES1120017	Spain	Costa da Mariña occidental	Map
ES1140004	Spain	Complexo Ons - O Grove	Map
ES1300007	Spain	Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel	Map
ES2120014	Spain	Ulia	Map
ES2120017	Spain	Jaizkibel	Map
ES2130005	Spain	Gaztelugatxeko Doniene / San Juan de Gaztelugatxe	Map
ES2130007	Spain	Urdaibaiko itsasertzak eta padurak / Zonas litorales y marismas de Urdaibai	Map
ES5120007	Spain	Cap de Creus	Map
ES5120015	Spain	Litoral del Baix Empordà	Map
ES5120016	Spain	El Montgrí- Les Medes - El Baix Ter	Map
ES5310023	Spain	Illots de Ponent d'Eivissa	Map
ES6170002	Spain	Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo	Map
ES6310001	Spain	Calamocarro-Benzú	Map
ES7020046	Spain	Los Roques de Anaga	Map
FR2310045	France	Littoral seino-marin	Map
FR2510037	France	Chausey	Map
FR3110085	France	Cap Gris-Nez	Map
FR5210090	France	Marais salants de Guérande, traicts du Croisic, dunes de Pen Bron	Map
FR5210103	France	Estuaire de la Loire	Map
FR5310011	France	Côte de Granit Rose-Sept Iles	Map
FR5310050	France	Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est	Map
FR5310055	France	Cap Sizun	Map
FR5310057	France	Archipel de Glénan	Map
FR5310072	France	Ouessant-Molène	Map
FR5310073	France	Baie de Morlaix	Map
FR5310074	France	Baie de Vilaine	Map
FR5410012	France	Fier d'Ars et fosse de Loix	Map
FR7210031	France	Courant d'Huchet	Map
FR9310019	France	Camargue	Map
FR9310020	France	Iles d'Hyères	Map
FR9312007	France	Iles Marseillaises - Cassidaigne	Map
FR9410021	France	Iles Lavezzi, Bouches de Bonifacio	Map
FR9410022	France	Iles Cerbicale	Map
IE0000181	Ireland	Rathlin O'Birne Island SAC	Map
IE0000278	Ireland	Inishbofin and Inishshark SAC	Map
IE0000328	Ireland	Slyne Head Islands SAC	Map
IE0000495	Ireland	Duvillaun Islands SAC	Map
IE0000500	Ireland	Glenamoy Bog Complex SAC	Map
IE0001021	Ireland	Carrowmore Point to Spanish Point and Islands SAC	Map
IE0002172	Ireland	Blasket Islands SAC	Map
IE0002259	Ireland	Tory Island Coast SAC	Map
IE0004003	Ireland	Puffin Island SPA	Map
IE0004004	Ireland	Inishkea Islands SPA	Map
IE0004007	Ireland	Skelligs SPA	Map
IE0004008	Ireland	Blasket Islands SPA	Map
IE0004066	Ireland	The Bull and The Cow Rocks SPA	Map
IE0004068	Ireland	Inishmurray SPA	Map
IE0004072	Ireland	Stags of Broad Haven SPA	Map
IE0004074	Ireland	Illanmaster SPA	Map
IE0004084	Ireland	Inishglora and Inishkeeragh SPA	Map
IE0004111	Ireland	Duvillaun Islands SPA	Map
IE0004115	Ireland	Inishduff SPA	Map
IE0004120	Ireland	Rathlin O'Birne Island SPA	Map
IE0004121	Ireland	Roaninish SPA	Map
IT3320037	Italy	Laguna di Marano e Grado	Map
IT8030010	Italy	Fondali marini di Ischia, Procida e Vivara	Map
IT8030011	Italy	Fondali marini di Punta Campanella e Capri	Map
ITA010002	Italy	Isola di Marettimo	Map
ITA020010	Italy	Isola di Ustica	Map
ITA030024	Italy	Isola di Filicudi	Map
ITA040001	Italy	Isola di Linosa	Map
ITA040002	Italy	Isola di Lampedusa e Lampione	Map
MT0000016	Malta	Filfla u l-Gżejjer ta' Madwarha	Map
PTZPE0009	Portugal	Ilhas Berlengas	Map
PTZPE0015	Portugal	Costa Sudoeste	Map
PTZPE0050	Portugal	Cabo Espichel	Map
ES5213021	Spain	Serra Gelada i Litoral de la Marina Baixa	Map
ITB043032	Italy	Isola di Sant'Antioco, Capo Sperone	Map
ITB040081	Italy	Isola della Vacca	Map
ES0000348	Spain	Costa del norte de Fuerteventura	Map
ITB010042	Italy	Capo Caccia (con le Isole Foradada e Piana) e Punta del Giglio	Map
PTCON0012	Portugal	Costa Sudoeste	Map
ES5310082	Spain	S'Estaca - Punta de Deià	Map
ES5120013	Spain	Massís de les Cadiretes	Map
ES5213024	Spain	Illa de Tabarca	Map
ITA040013	Italy	Arcipelago delle Pelagie - area marina e terrestre	Map
ES6310002	Spain	Zona marítimo-terrestre del Monte Hacho	Map
ES6140014	Spain	Acantilados y Fondos Marinos de Calahonda-Castell de Ferro	Map
FR7212002	France	Rochers de Biarritz : le Bouccalot et la Roche ronde	Map
ITB040026	Italy	Isola del Toro	Map
ES5310105	Spain	Es Amunts d'Eivissa	Map
ES5212005	Spain	L'Almadrava	Map
ITA010027	Italy	Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre	Map
ITB010001	Italy	Isola Asinara	Map
ITB013044	Italy	Capo Caccia	Map
ITA030028	Italy	Isola di Salina (Monte Fossa delle Felci e dei Porri)	Map
ES5310096	Spain	Punta de n'Amer	Map
ES6320001	Spain	Zona marítimo terrestre de los acantilados de Aguadú	Map
ITA090008	Italy	Capo Murro di Porco, Penisola della Maddalena e Grotta Pellegrino	Map
IT8030026	Italy	Rupi costiere dell'Isola di Ischia	Map
ITA030042	Italy	Monti Peloritani, Dorsale Curcuraci, Antennamare e area marina dello stretto di Messina	Map
ES5310112	Spain	Nord de Sant Joan	Map
ES5310087	Spain	Bàlitx	Map
ES6110015	Spain	Alborán	Map
ES6140013	Spain	Acantilados y Fondos Marinos Tesorillo-Salobreña	Map
FR5212007	France	Marais du Mès, baie et dunes de Pont-Mahé, étang du Pont de Fer	Map
FR5312004	France	Camaret	Map
ES6200024	Spain	Cabezo de Roldán	Map
ES5310005	Spain	Badies de Pollença i Alcúdia	Map
ES6120032	Spain	Estrecho Oriental	Map
ES6140016	Spain	Acantilados y Fondos Marinos de La Punta de La Mona	Map
PTCON0008	Portugal	Sintra / Cascais	Map
ITB010082	Italy	Isola dell'Asinara	Map
ES5110020	Spain	Costes del Garraf	Map
ITB010010	Italy	Isole Tavolara, Molara e Molarotto	Map
ES6200015	Spain	La Muela y Cabo Tiñoso	Map
ES5310081	Spain	Port des Canonge	Map
ITA030044	Italy	Arcipelago delle Eolie - area marina e terrestre	Map
ES6200007	Spain	Islas e Islotes del Litoral Mediterráneo	Map
MT0000027	Malta	Rdumijiet ta' Għawdex: Ta' Ċenċ	Map
ITB010008	Italy	Arcipelago La Maddalena	Map
ITB010043	Italy	Coste e Isolette a Nord Ovest della Sardegna	Map
FR5212014	France	Estuaire de la Loire - Baie de Bourgneuf	Map
FR5312009	France	Roches de Penmarc'h	Map
FR5212015	France	Secteur marin de l'île d'Yeu jusqu'au continent	Map
FR5312011	France	Iles Houat-Hoëdic	Map
FR5212013	France	Mor Braz	Map
FR5412026	France	Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne	Map
ES90ATL01	Spain	El Cachucho	Map
ES0000454	Spain	Montgó-Cap de Sant Antoni	Map
ES1200006	Spain	Ría de Villaviciosa	Map
ITB013019	Italy	Isole del Nord - Est tra Capo Ceraso e Stagno di San Teodoro	Map
IE0004177	Ireland	Bills Rocks SPA	Map
IE0004175	Ireland	Deenish Island and Scariff Island SPA	Map
ES1200055	Spain	Cabo Busto-Luanco	Map
ESZZ16007	Spain	Espacio marino de la Marina Alta	Map
ES0000497	Spain	Espacio marino de la Costa da Morte	Map
ES0000531	Spain	Espacio marino de La Bocayna	Map
ES0000530	Spain	Espacio marino de Mogán-La Aldea	Map
ES0000492	Spain	Espacio marino de los Islotes de Portios-Isla Conejera-Isla de Mouro	Map
ES0000513	Spain	Espacio marino del Baix Llobregat-Garraf	Map
ES0000519	Spain	Espacio marino del poniente de Mallorca	Map
ES0000516	Spain	Espacio marino del poniente y norte de Ibiza	Map
ES0000512	Spain	Espacio marino del Delta de l'Ebre-Illes Columbretes	Map
ES0000495	Spain	Espacio marino de Punta de Candelaria-Ría de Ortigueira-Estaca de Bares	Map
ES0000494	Spain	Espacio marino de Cabo Peñas	Map
ES0000521	Spain	Espacio marino del norte y oeste de Menorca	Map
ES0000498	Spain	ZEPA Banco de Galicia	Map
ES0000532	Spain	Espacio marino de los Islotes de Lanzarote	Map
ES0000507	Spain	Espacio marino de los Islotes Litorales de Murcia y Almería	Map
ES0000490	Spain	Espacio marino de la Ría de Mundaka-Cabo de Ogoño	Map
ES0000499	Spain	Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	Map
ESZZ16006	Spain	Espacio marino de Ifac	Map
ESZZ16009	Spain	Espacio marino de Cabo Roig	Map
ES0000518	Spain	Espacio marino del sur de Mallorca y Cabrera	Map
ES0000522	Spain	Espacio marino del sureste de Menorca	Map
ESZZ16010	Spain	Espacio marino del entorno de Illes Columbretes	Map
ESZZ16002	Spain	Canal de Menorca	Map
ES0000515	Spain	Espacio marino de Formentera y del sur de Ibiza	Map
ES0000523	Spain	Espacio marino de la zona occidental de El Hierro	Map
ES0000508	Spain	Espacio marino de Tabarca-Cabo de Palos	Map
ES0000538	Spain	ZEPA Espacio marino de Ifac	Map
ES0000535	Spain	ZEPA Banco de la Concepción	Map
ES0000524	Spain	Espacio marino de los Roques de Salmor	Map
ES0000517	Spain	Espacio marino del levante de Ibiza	Map
ES0000525	Spain	Espacio marino del norte de La Palma	Map
ES0000510	Spain	Plataforma-talud marinos del Cabo de la Nao	Map
ES0000496	Spain	Espacio marino de la Costa de Ferrolterra-Valdoviño	Map
ES0000500	Spain	Golfo de Cádiz	Map
ESZZ12003	Spain	Sistema de cañones submarinos de Avilés	Map
ES0000514	Spain	Espacio marino de l'Empordà	Map
ES0000520	Spain	Espacio marino del norte de Mallorca	Map
ES0000526	Spain	Espacio marino de La Gomera-Teno	Map
PTZPE0060	Portugal	Aveiro/ Nazaré	Map
PTZPE0061	Portugal	Cabo Raso	Map
MT0000111	Malta	Żona fil-Baħar fil-Lbiċ	Map
MT0000107	Malta	Żona fil-Baħar fil-Grigal	Map
MT0000114	Malta	Żona fil-Baħar fil-Majjistral	Map
MT0000108	Malta	Żona fil-Baħar fil-Lvant	Map
FR2512005	France	Nord Bretagne DO	Map
FR5212016	France	Mers Celtiques - Talus du golfe de Gascogne	Map
FR9412011	France	Oiseaux marins de l’Agriate	Map
FR9112038	France	Oiseaux marins sud golfe du Lion	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (All species of Hidrobatidae)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol)	Annex II: Endangered or threatened species that the Parties shall manage with the aim of maintaining them in a favourable state of conservation. They shall ensure their maximum possible protection and recovery.	http://rac-spa.org/protocol http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Lille stormsvale	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Merikeiju	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Océanite tempête	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Painho-de-cauda-quadrada	Portuguese	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Paiño común	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Paíño Europeo	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pétrel tempête	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Storm Petrel	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Stormsvala	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Stormvogeltje	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sturmschwalbe	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Uccello delle tempeste	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Viharfecske	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis	(Schembri, 1843)
Hydrobates pelagicus pelagicus	(Linnaeus, 1758)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:00520	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

23 items found, displaying all items.1

Country	Biogeographic region	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Croatia		1/10 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Denmark	Atlantic	150000/400000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
France		600/700 (pairs)	1997-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France		10/100 (individuals)	1998-2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France		400/600 (pairs)	1985	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Greece		10/30 (pairs)	1995-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece		0/10 (individuals)	1995-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	Mediterranean	10/30 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Iceland		50000/100000 (pairs)	1991	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Iceland	Arctic	50000/100000 (pairs)	1991	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Ireland		99950/99950 (pairs)	1999-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ireland	Atlantic	50000/100000 (pairs)	1980s	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Italy		1700/2500 (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Italy		1500/2000 (pairs)	1986	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Malta		5025/8025 (pairs)	1990-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Norway		1000/10000 (pairs)	1990-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Norway		1000/10000 (pairs)	1990	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Portugal		Present/Present (individuals)	2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Spain		4410/6900 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Spain		1700/2000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Spain	Macaronesian	1000/0 (pairs)	1987	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
United Kingdom		21100/33500 (pairs)	1995-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
United Kingdom	Atlantic	20000/150000 (pairs)	1980s	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2