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Photo © by Thibaud Aronson
Punta Lomas pelagic, Arequipa, Peru, 24 June, 2023
Hydrobates markhami

Oceanodroma markhami

Distribution

Breeds Paracas Peninsula (Peru); ranges to southern Mexico and Chile

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Open seas

Behaviour

Breeding seems to take place mostly under salpetre crust in the very dry Atacama desert at elevations of 400-900 m asl.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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