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

Hydrobates markhami

Oceanodroma markhami

Distribution

Breeds in the Atacama desert of Chile, up to 70 km inland; mostly found in waters of Peru and Chile, often farther out at sea than co-occurring storm-petrels.

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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