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Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates tethys)

About Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates tethys)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Tubenoses
  • Family: Northern Storm-Petrels

The wedge-rumped storm petrel is a storm petrel. It breeds in the Galápagos Islands and on the coast of Peru. It was formerly defined in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was synonymized with Hydrobates.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2006-12-01

    Isla Floreana - Punta Flores, Ecuador
    Saw a white rumped storm petrel. Could have been another species.
  • 2006-12-02

    Isla Isabella - Punta Moreno, Ecuador