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Townsend's storm petrel

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Townsend's storm petrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Hydrobatidae
Genus: Oceanodroma
Species:
O. socorroensis
Binomial name
Oceanodroma socorroensis
Townsend, 1890

Townsend's storm petrel (Oceanodroma socorroensis) is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae. It breeds in the summer on Guadalupe Island off the western coast of Mexico. It ranges in the Eastern Pacific Ocean north to southern California in the United States and south to 10°N latitude. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Leach's storm petrel.

References

  • Ainley, D.G. 1980. Geographic variation in Leach’s Storm-Petrel. Auk 97: 837-853.
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