Leach's Storm Petrel

Hydrobates leucorhous - Océanite culblanc Océanite cul-blanc

Systematics

Order
:
Procellariiformes
Family
:
Hydrobatidés
Genus
:
Hydrobates
Species
:
leucorhous

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1818

Biometrics

Size
: 22 cm
Wingspan
: 45 à 48 cm.
Weight
: 40 à 50 g

Longevity

24 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Leach's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) is a species of bird in the Hydrobatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Hydrobates leucorhous leucorhous (coasts of the N Pacific and the N Atlantic)
Hydrobates leucorhous chapmani (Coronados and San Benito Is.. w Mexico.)

Foreign names

Océanite culblanc,
Paíño boreal,
painho-de-cauda-forcada,
Wellenläufer,
villás viharfecske,
Vaal Stormvogeltje,
Uccello delle tempeste codaforcuta,
klykstjärtad stormsvala,
Stormsvale,
víchrovníček severský,
buřňáček severní,
Stor Stormsvale,
myrskykeiju,
Swaelstertstormswael,
ocell de tempesta boreal,
Sjósvala,
nawałnik duży,
ziemeļu vētrasburātājs,
viharni strakoš,
Северная качурка,
コシジロウミツバメ,
白腰叉尾海燕,
白腰叉尾海燕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands