Swinhoe's Storm Petrel
Hydrobates monorhis
Photo: Joseph Smit / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel is a small storm petrel, dark brown nearly all over. It feeds at sea on small plankton and fish and comes ashore to breed in burrows. Sanganjima in Iwate is known as a site where it breeds together with Streaked Shearwaters, and the colony is designated a national Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates monorhis
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Iwate
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- VulnerableMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- ヒメクロウミツバメ
- 简体中文
- 黑叉尾海燕
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The Swinhoe's Storm Petrel is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Iwate.
The Swinhoe's Storm Petrel is listed as "Vulnerable" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as ヒメクロウミツバメ).
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