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European Storm Petrel

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The European storm petrel, also called the British storm petrel or simply storm petrel, is a seabird in the northern storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. The small, square-tailed bird is entirely black apart from a broad white rump and a white band on the underwings, and it flies with a fluttering, bat-like flight; most of the population breeds on islands off northern Europe, with the largest numbers in the Faroe Islands, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Iceland, while a separate Mediterranean subspecies breeds chiefly on Filfla Island in Malta, Sicily and the Balearic Islands and cannot be told apart from its Atlantic relatives at sea. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Hydrobates pelagicus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

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Source European Storm Petrel (Wikidata)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Wikipedia: European storm petrel
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    It feeds on small fish, squid, and zooplankton, while pattering on the sea's surface, and can find oily, edible items by smell.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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3. European Storm Petrel (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q27461 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Procellariiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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European storm petrel (Wikipedia)
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Hydrobatidae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 197
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 197
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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