Hydrobates pelagicus & Oceanodroma leucorhea - Faroe Islands 2005

Faroe Islands Post issued WWF stamps features  Hydrobates  pelagicus &  Oceanodroma  leucorhea  in four stamps and a local FDC on June 6, 2005.The Hydrobates  pelagicus or Storm Petrel is a small bird, only the size of a House Martin, which it superficially resembles with its dark plumage and white rump. It is 15–16 cm in length with a 38–42 cm wingspan.

It breeds on inaccessible islands in the north Atlantic and western Mediterranean, with the core population in western Ireland, northwest Scotland and the Faroe Islands, where the worldwide biggest colony breeds on the island of Nólsoy.This species has a fluttering flight, and patters on the water surface as it picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface.