White-faced Storm Petrel

Pelagodroma marina

Introduction

A medium-sized petrel that breeds on islands in the Atlantic, but which is highly pelagic, White-faced Storm Petrel is an extremely rare visitor to British waters.

Key Stats

Status

Very rare

Weight

51g

Seasonality

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Status and Trends

Population size, trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO and partnership surveys and atlasses with data collected by BTO volunteers.

Conservation Status

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This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

Species of European Conservation Concern

Endangered

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global)

Least Concern

Schedule 1 Licence required (to disturb)*

Birds Directive Annex 1

* A guide only. Check details with the original legislation, especially those marked with an asterisk. See About Birdfacts for more information.

Population Size

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UK (passage)

139 individuals (2021)

Source

BOU Category

Source

First Record*

Colonsay, 1897

* First documented occurrence. Most species undoubtedly occurred before this. See About Birdfacts for more information.

Population Change

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Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.

Distribution

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This vagrant has not been recorded in the UK for many decades and as such cannot be mapped.

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

Distribution Change

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This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.

Seasonality

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This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.

Movement

Information about White-faced Storm Petrel movements and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

Britain & Ireland movement

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View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report

European movements

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EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information for White-faced Storm Petrel, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

Survival and Longevity

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Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.

Classification, names and codes

Taxonomy, names and species codes for White-faced Storm Petrel

Classification and Codes

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Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Oceanitidae
Scientific name: Pelagodroma marina
Authority: Latham, 1790

BTO 5-letter code: WHFPE
Euring code number: 510

Alternate species names

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Catalan: ocell de tempesta carablanc
Czech: burnícek belocelý
Danish: Fregatstormsvale
Dutch: Bont Stormvogeltje
Estonian: valgekulm-tormipääsu
Finnish: ulappakeiju
French: Océanite frégate

German: Weißgesicht-Sturmschwalbe
Hungarian: fehérarcú viharfecske
Icelandic: Njarðarsvala
Italian: Uccello delle tempeste facciabianca
Latvian: baltsejas vetrasburatajs
Lithuanian: baltaskruostis audrašauklis
Norwegian: Fregattstormsvale

Polish: oceannik bialobrewy
Portuguese: calcamar / calca-mar
Slovak: búrkozvest morský
Slovenian: progastoglavi strakoš
Spanish: Paíño pechialbo
Swedish: fregattstormsvala

More Evidence

More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com

Partners

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RSPB

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