Die Europese stormswael (Hydrobates pelagicus) is 'n stormswael en 'n algemene besoeker aan die kus van Suid-Afrika.
Die voël is 14 – 18 cm groot en weeg 23 - 31 g met 'n vlerkspan van 36 - 39 sentimeter. Daar broei 500,000 pare in die noordoostelike Atlantiese Oseaan. In Engels staan die voël bekend as European storm-petrel.
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Genus: | Hydrobates F. Boie, 1822 |
Spesie: | H. pelagicus |
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