📸 PhotoPhoto: Patrick Coin ( Patrick Coin ) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus (Wilson's Storm Petrel · アシナガウミツバメ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 38 g is lighter than 2/3 of a chicken egg (about 60 g) (Comparison).
- 💡 Because it has a habit of flying after ships, it is sometimes seen alongside vessels (SeaLifeBase).
- 💡 Its wingspan of about 42 cm is about 1.4 times the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
Wilson's Storm Petrel is a small seabird ranging from tropical to polar seas across the Antarctic, Atlantic, and Indo-Pacific oceans. It breeds in colonies.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It is a small bird with a total length of 15–19 cm and a wingspan of 38–42 cm.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
At sea, it lives in flocks and patters as if hopping across the water surface when feeding. It nests in crevices among rock piles and scree slopes, and breeding success drops when burrows are blocked by snow.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22698436/132646007
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 132646007
- • wikidata.org — Q607024
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Oceanites oceanicusPCCA20070623-3634B.jpg
- • sealifebase.se — 73551
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Mark Hannaford (photo), John E. McCormack, Michael G. Harvey, Brant C. Faircloth, Nicholas G. Crawford, Travis C. Glenn, Robb T. Brumfield & T. Michael Keesey · CC BY 3.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.