Records of single birds off Hatteras, North Carolina, on August 20, 1993, on August 8, 1998, and June 2, 2008 have all been accepted as valid North American records.
Melbourne Storm | Tampa Bay Storm | Storm Thorgerson | petrel | Gaelic Storm | The Secret Storm | Snow Petrel | Paul and Storm | James Storm | Storm Shadow | Zino's Petrel | Wilson's Storm Petrel | Theodor Storm | The Mortal Storm | Storm King Mountain | Storm chasing | Red Storm Rising | Operation Storm | Jonny Storm | Hacienda San Antonio de Petrel | Graeme Storm | A Storm of Light | Antarctic Petrel | Tropical Storm Allison | tropical storm | Storm King Mountain (New York) | Northern Giant Petrel | Chicago Storm | AIL Storm | Tropical Storm Vamei |
Other birds nesting at the site in smaller numbers include Gentoo Penguins, Kelp Gulls, Brown Skuas, Snowy Sheathbills, Antarctic Terns, Imperial Shags, Wilson's and Black-bellied Storm Petrels, and Cape Petrels.
There have also been reports of mummified fledglings and adults found in crevices in the Atacama Desert 50 km from the sea, and even reports of one fledgling being seen 150 km from the sea, and one unproven report of a bird flying into a nest in the town of Caraz in Peru, 100 km from the sea.
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It is thought to breed between March and July, as this is when fledglings are regularly seen at sea around Lima (in Peru) and Antofagasta (in Chile).
Other birds nesting at the site in smaller numbers include Gentoo and Chinstrap Penguins, Southern Giant Petrels, Cape Petrels, Wilson's and Black-bellied Storm Petrels, Snowy Sheathbills, South Polar and Brown Skuas, Kelp Gulls and Antarctic Terns.
It was described by Swinhoe in 1902, and is known from Fiji, including Nausori.
It is named in honor of Sir Albert Hastings Markham.
The species has a low reproductive output due to competition with other burrowing petrels, and the young are preyed upon by the Long-eared Owl.
Other birds recorded as breeding at the site in smaller numbers are Brown and South Polar Skuas, Kelp Gulls, Antarctic Terns, Wilson's Storm Petrels, Southern Giant Petrels and Snowy Sheathbills.