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Hydrobates is a genus of the northern storm petrel (or Northern stormy petrel) family Hydrobatidae.

The name Procellariiformes comes from Latin, combining procella (meaning "storm" or "gale") with -formes (meaning "shape" or "form"), literally "storm-shaped" or "storm-like," fitting these seabirds' reliance on wind for flight, and refers to their stormy habitats and powerful wings. 

The family name originates from the genus name Hydrobates which combines the Ancient Greek hudro- meaning "water-" with batēs meaning "walker".

Swinhoe's storm petrel or Swinhoe's petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) 

Swinhoe's storm petrel or Swinhoe's petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) is a small, all-brown seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae.
The bird breeds on islands in the northwest Pacific off the Russian Far East, China, Japan and Korea. This species spends much time in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.

The name Procellariiformes comes from Latin, combining procella (meaning "storm" or "gale") with -formes (meaning "shape" or "form"), literally "storm-shaped" or "storm-like," fitting these seabirds' reliance on wind for flight, and refers to their stormy habitats and powerful wings. 

The family name originates from the genus name Hydrobates which combines the Ancient Greek hudro- meaning "water-" with batēs meaning "walker".

Monorhis is derived from Ancient Greek, meaning "single nostril." It combines monos (single/alone) and rhinos (nostril), referring to the tubular nose structure of the petrel. The term was used to describe the species' physical characteristic of having a single external nostril tube (or tube-nose).