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Photo by Glen Tepke
Monterey Bay, California, USA, May 2007
Hydrobates furcatus

Oceanodroma furcata

Identification

Distribution

Breeds on islands in northern Pacific ocean, pelagic rest of the year.

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 2 subspecies.

Subspecies

  • H. f. furcatus:
  • H. f. plumbeus:

Habitat

At sea except when breeding.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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