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Band-rumped Storm Petrel

Hydrobates castro (Harcourt, 1851)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Hydrobates castro (Harcourt, 1851)
Name authority
(Harcourt, 1851)
Common name
Band-rumped Storm Petrel
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Hydrobatidae
Genus
Hydrobates
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderProcellariiformes
  10. familyHydrobatidae Mathews, 1912
  11. genusHydrobates F. Boie, 1822
  12. speciesHydrobates castro (Harcourt, 1851)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hydrobates. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Fork-tailed Storm PetrelHydrobates furcatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous (Vieillot, 1818)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Townsend's Storm PetrelHydrobates socorroensis (C. H. Townsend, 1890)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ainley's Storm PetrelHydrobates cheimomnestes (Ainley, 1980)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ringed Storm PetrelHydrobates hornbyi (G. R. Gray, 1854)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhis (Swinhoe, 1867)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ashy Storm PetrelHydrobates homochroa (Coues, 1864)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Monteiro's Storm PetrelHydrobates monteiroi (Bolton, A. L. Smith, Gómez-Díaz, Friesen, Medeiros, Bried, Roscales & Furness, 2008)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cape Verde Storm PetrelHydrobates jabejabe (Barboza du Bocage, 1875)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Wedge-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates tethys (Bonaparte, 1852)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black Storm PetrelHydrobates melania (Bonaparte, 1854)HydrobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 15 records assigned to Hydrobatidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)

Oceania

South America

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1255034 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:DD8SR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.