Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Storm-Petrels :: Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma furcata

Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Gray Storm-petrel, Grey Storm-petrel
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Pacific Ocean, southwest of Santa Barbara, California, USA - Apr 22, 2006 © Glen Tepke  Pacific Ocean, southwest of Santa Barbara, California, USA - Apr 22, 2006 © Glen Tepke  Monterey Bay, Monterey County, California, USA - May 26, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Monterey Bay, Monterey County, California, USA - May 26, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Monterey Bay, Monterey County, California, USA - Date unknown © Don Roberson 
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Range

N. Pacific Ocean;
(1) Kuril Is., Commander Is. and perhaps also on the se. coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula (Siberia) through the Aleutians to Sanak Is.
(2) is. off s. Alaska from the Alexander Archipelago, Canada (British Columbia, w. coast of Vancouver Is., Queen Charlotte Sound and Is. at Cox Is.) and the nw. United States (Washington, Oregon to n. California).
Disperses from the Bering Sea ice pack s. to Hokkaido and more rarely n. Honshu, Japan, Volcano and Hawaiian Is. to s. California.
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer: ALK (Aleutians and is. off the s. coast from the Alexander Archipelago s.), BCO (the w. coast of Vancouver Is., Queen Charlotte Sound and Is. and Cox Is.), WAS, ORG s. to c. CAL;
Winter: ALK, BCO, WAS, ORG to s. CAL.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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