Where does the European Storm-Petrel live?
Hydrobates pelagicus has 117,600 records in 77 countries and territories, from 1824 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.
- 117,600 records
- 77 places
- 153 years recorded
- Aves class
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesHydrobatidaeHydrobates
When it is recorded
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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Records over time
18242026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 41,578 | |
| United Kingdom | 30,406 | |
| Ireland | 14,491 | |
| Portugal | 7,362 | |
| France | 6,957 | |
| Norway | 5,523 | |
| Faroe Islands | 3,334 | |
| Sweden | 849 | |
| Isle of Man | 760 | |
| South Africa | 670 | |
| Denmark | 501 | |
| Iceland | 499 | |
| Netherlands | 414 | |
| Belgium | 256 | |
| Italy | 219 | |
| Morocco | 213 | |
| United States | 203 | |
| Germany | 190 | |
| Cabo Verde | 186 | |
| Greece | 156 | |
| Finland | 150 | |
| Russia | 141 | |
| Poland | 128 | |
| Ukraine | 99 | |
| Senegal | 91 | |
| Western Sahara | 89 | |
| Gambia | 79 | |
| Türkiye | 77 | |
| Guernsey | 56 | |
| Romania | 50 | |
| Mauritania | 44 | |
| Croatia | 39 | |
| Hungary | 39 | |
| Austria | 37 | |
| Belarus | 37 | |
| Argentina | 34 | |
| Bulgaria | 34 | |
| Malta | 34 | |
| Latvia | 33 | |
| Czechia | 32 |
Showing the top 40 of 77 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Hydrobatidae.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
218,815 records
Leach's
121,547 records
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
36,666 records
White-faced Storm-Petrel
30,649 records
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
19,325 records
Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
10,985 records
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
5,077 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.