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title: "Black Storm-Petrel"
description: "Hydrobates melania — Vogels. The black storm petrel (Hydrobates melania) is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-storm-petrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Storm-Petrel

> Hydrobates melania — Vogels. The black storm petrel (Hydrobates melania) is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Hydrobates melania*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1131
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289613](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289613)

## Names

- en: Black Storm-Petrel
- de: Schwarzwellenläufer
- es: Paíño negro
- fr: Océanite noir

## Countries with the most observations

US (70), MX (47), PA (4), CR (3), SV (3)

## Summary

The black storm petrel (Hydrobates melania) is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 23 cm in length, with a wingspan of 46–51 cm.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_storm_petrel

## Photo

![Black Storm-Petrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-storm-petrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239292170

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-storm-petrel?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).