Wilson's Storm-petrel

Wilson's Storm-petrel's exhibit a unique blend of social and solitary behaviors, encompassing everything from communal breeding to individual long-distance foraging. They're mostly nocturnal on land, coordinating with cohorts for breeding rituals in the darkest hours, engaging in vocal and flight displays over their colonies. Paired for life, these birds show affection through vocalizations and mutual preening. Remarkably, wilson's Storm-petrel's have adapted to use olfactory cues to navigate and identify partners within their environment. Additionally, during oceanic flights, wilson's Storm-petrel harnesses the wind's power to glide over vast distances. Whether facing stormy gales or calmer breezes, their wing morphology enables them to soar with efficiency and grace. At sea, they embody the spirit of community, often seen congregating in substantial, mixed-species flocks, and performing synchronized roosting activities.

This species breeds on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands during the summer of the southern hemisphere. It spends the rest of the year at sea, and moves into the northern oceans in the southern hemisphere's winter. It is much more common in the north Atlantic than the Pacific. Wilson's storm petrel is common off eastern North America in the northern summer and the seasonal abundance of this bird in suitable European waters has been revealed through pelagic boat trips, most notably in the area of the Isles of Scilly and Great Britain. It is strictly pelagic outside the breeding season, and this, together with its remote breeding sites, makes Wilson's petrel a difficult bird to see from land. Only in severe storms might this species be pushed into headlands.

Not globally threatened.