Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Oceanodroma furcata

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Storm-Petrels (Hydrobatidae)

Code 4

FTSP

Code 6

OCEFUR

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Blackish brown at all ages, with no rings.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Eyering
Crown Color: Blue-gray
Forehead Color: Blue-gray
Nape Color: Blue-gray
Throat Color: Pale Gray
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 20-23 cm (8-9 in)
Weight: 54 g (1.9 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: Pale Gray
Upperparts: Blue-gray
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Flap and glide flight with rapid shallow wing beats and stiff-winged glide.
Wingspan Range: 46 cm (18 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Forked Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Blue-gray
Under Tail: Blue-gray
Leg Color: Gray

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