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title: "Stormvogeltje"
description: "Hydrobates pelagicus — Vogels. The European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), also known as British storm petrel, or just storm petrel, is a species of seabird in the northern storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/european-storm-petrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Stormvogeltje

> Hydrobates pelagicus — Vogels. The European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), also known as British storm petrel, or just storm petrel, is a species of seabird in the northern storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Hydrobates pelagicus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 822
- Wikidata: [Q27461](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27461)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4170](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4170)

## Names

- en: European Storm-Petrel
- de: Sturmschwalbe
- es: Paíño europeo
- fr: Océanite tempête
- it: Uccello delle tempeste europeo
- nl: Stormvogeltje
- pt: Painho-de-cauda-quadrada
- pl: Nawałnik burzowy

## Countries with the most observations

PT (110), ES (61), GB (56), FR (42), IE (28), ZA (19), NO (11), IT (8), IM (6), FO (5), DZ (3)

## Summary

The European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), also known as British storm petrel, or just storm petrel, is a species of seabird in the northern storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae. The small, square-tailed bird is entirely black except for a broad, white rump and a white band on the under wings, and it has a fluttering, bat-like flight. The large majority of the population breeds on islands off the northern coasts of Europe, with the greatest numbers in the Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Iceland. The Mediterranean population is a separate subspecies whose strongholds are Filfla Island (Malta), Sicily…

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

## Photo

![Stormvogeltje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-storm-petrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jason Thompson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386507208

## Machine access

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