There are four species of small seabirds in this family. They are found on oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. They are dark brown or black with white markings. They have stocky bodies; short, thick necks; short wings; and tubular nostrils. Diving petrels stay closer to land than other members of the procellariiformes order. Diving petrels come onto land to nest. They arrive on their nesting sites at night and nest in colonies. Females lay a single egg in a burrow in the ground. Both the male and female incubate the egg. Storm petrels eat fish,
krill, copepods, and
amphipods.
