Species profile
fork-tailed storm petrel
Oceanodroma furcata
Quick answer
fork-tailed storm petrel is a species in the Hydrobatidae family, order Procellariiformes. Record a sighting in Feather Journal and it joins your life list with the date, place and photos attached.
- Scientific name
- Oceanodroma furcata
- Family
- Hydrobatidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Oceanodroma
Recording fork-tailed storm petrel in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Hydrobatidae
- Ainley's Storm-petrel (Hydrobates cheimomnestes)
- Ainley's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma cheimomnestes)
- ashy storm-petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa)
- Ashy Storm-petrel (Hydrobates homochroa)
- black storm-petrel (Oceanodroma melania)
- Black Storm-petrel (Hydrobates melania)
- Black-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta tropica)
- Cape Verde Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma jabejabe)