Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_band_rumped_storm_petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma castro
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About Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) is recorded as a breeding visitor on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Kauaʻi evidence
Bishop Museum island checklist (version 2, 2017) lists Kauaʻi status B: breeding visitor. See original island table. A Hawaiʻi-level record is available, but the species needs a documented Kauaʻi observation before local ecological conclusions are drawn.
Occurrence evidence
bishop_island_checklist_2017
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Oceanodroma castro
- Common names
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Family
- Hydrobatidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: breeding visitor (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Endangered
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Island occurrence supported by the 2017 checklist; abundance and current year presence are not established here
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine Seabird
- Food and resource needs
- Elsewhere diet is small fish, squid, and crustaceans
- Reproduction
- Suitable nesting or roosting sites, seasonal food, and protection from disturbance and predators.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within marine seabird.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Rats, cats, barn owls, light fallout, low colony detectability, and larger Wedge-tailed Shearwater competition for boxes
- Conservation actions
- Social attraction calls, purpose-built nest boxes, camera monitoring, owl control, fallout rescue, and careful separation from larger shearwater nesting competition
- Monitoring
- Document date, place, observer, habitat, behavior, and supporting media for any Kauaʻi observation.
- Data gaps
- Update island status with dated contemporary records · Specific Kauaʻi habitat and abundance need local evidence
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Endangered Kauai Recovery Species With Incomplete Breeding Resolution
- Seasonal description
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) is recorded as a breeding visitor on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Sources and further reading
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/birds/akeake/
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/blog/2022/04/26/nr22-057/
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/blog/2023/01/25/nr23-12/
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/blog/2024/09/24/nr24-122/
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/kauai/learn/
- https://kauaiseabirdproject.org/conservation/
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/birds/rlp-monograph/SEHIlist.htm