page_title: Storm petrel
hierarchical_section_title: Storm petrel
caption_attribution_description: English: European Storm Petrel From The Crossley ID Guide Eastern Birds
context_page_description: Storm petrel may refer to one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family.
  The two families are:
  Northern storm petrels are found in the Northern Hemisphere, although some species around the Equator dip into the south.
  Austral storm petrels are found in all oceans, although only white-faced storm petrels and Wilson's storm petrels are found in the Northern Hemisphere.
context_section_description: Storm petrel may refer to one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family.
  The two families are:
  Northern storm petrels (Hydrobatidae) are found in the Northern Hemisphere, although some species around the Equator dip into the south.
  Austral storm petrels (Oceanitidae) are found in all oceans, although only white-faced storm petrels (breeding in the North Atlantic, in addition to the Southern Ocean) and Wilson's storm petrels (on migration) are found in the Northern Hemisphere.
caption: European storm petrels of the family Hydrobatidae.
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