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Olfactory foraging strategies of procellariiform seabirds

European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) Science Article 3 abstract The study of olfactory foraging ability in procellariiform seabirds is now beginning to explore how species aremorphologically and behaviorally adapted to track odor plumes, and to relate these findings to models of odor transport innatural situations. According to the models, odors in atmospheric flow tend to be […]

Ages of Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus prospecting potential breeding colonies

European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) Science Article 1 abstract Each year, ringers using sound lures mark and recapture immature Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus prospecting potential breeding colonies. Attempts have been made to estimate the size of this population, but a full demographic model has not been possible since the age structure of this population has not […]

Population size estimation and metapopulation relationships of Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus in the Gulf of Biscay.

European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) Science Article 5 abstract Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus are notoriously difficult to census because they nest in burrows and crevices, they visit land at night, and colonies are usually visited by large numbers of itinerant pre-breeding birds (Ratcliffe et al 1998, Insley et al 2002). The Spanish Storm Petrel population has […]

The timing and pattern of moult of flight feathers of European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus in Atlantic and Mediterranean breeding areas

European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) Science Article 2 abstract Aims: We describe the pattern and timing of moult in European Storm-petrels Hydrobates pelagicus.Location: Benidorm Island (eastern Spain, Mediterranean Iberian coast) and Vizcaya (northern Spain, Atlantic Iberian coast).Methods: Birds were caught with mist-nests set in breeding colonies and the state of flight feathers was scored. Primary, secondary […]

Diet and foraging behaviour of the British Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus in the Bay of Biscay during summer.

European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) Science Article 4 abstract The diet and the foraging behaviour of the British Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus during the breeding period were studied from proventriculus contents obtained from adults belonging to two populations in the Bay of Biscay. The observed prey had various ecological affinities in two main groups. The first […]

European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Hydrobatidae | [latin] Hydrobates pelagicus | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] European Storm-petrel | [FR] Oceanite tempete | [DE] Sturmschwalbe | [ES] Paino Europeo | [NL] Stormvogeltje Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Storm-petrels are rather small and often dark colored tubenoses with a world wide distribution. All have fine black bills with […]