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Hydrobates microsoma

Oceanodroma microsoma

Identification

13-15 cm in length, with a wingspan of 32 cm.

Distribution

Breeds islands off Baja California.; ranges south to extreme northern Peru

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.[1]

Habitat

Rock crevices or small burrows in soft earth

Behaviour

It lays a single white egg.

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/

Recommended Citation

Diet includes planktonic crustaceans, with a preference of larvae of spiny lobster.

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