Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-06

Hydrobates melania

Black Storm-Petrel

WoRMS 343967ITIS 1255038key itis:1255038

2026-08-05: worms_id 343967 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted); itis:174640 deprecated in ITIS -> itis:1255038 (Hydrobates melania)

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY 4.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Hydrobates pelagicus

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon.

A group of Black Storm Petrels Oceanodroma melania off the coast of Northern California. — Photo · Cato Neimoidia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · commons

The black storm petrel is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 23 cm in length, with a wingspan of 46–51 cm.W CalCOFI holds 468 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2022.R

468
observations: 468
records: 468
sampling events: 1987–2022
years: 1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Seabirds & Marine Mammals 468 obs · 468 events · 1987–2022
name used: Hydrobates melania Black Storm-Petrel · code BLSP re-keyed

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:1255038%22

Hydrobates melania

Groups

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.