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Oceanodroma monteiroi

[edit] Identification

19-21cm

• Sooty-brown plumage
• Narrow, rectangular, white rump patch
• Slightly forked tail
• Dark bill with tube on top.

[edit] Similar Species

Leach's Storm-Petrel

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to the Azores.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Band-rumped Storm Petrel.

[edit] Habitat

Pelagic, but seems to stay around the Azores all year.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Flight

Quick wing beats between glides on bowed wings.

[edit] Breeding

Breeding season May to early July (unlike Band-rumped Petrel who breeds in winter). It nests in colonies close to the sea in rock crevices and lays a single white egg. Nests are visited only at night.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
4. USGS

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