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Monteiro's Storm Petrel - BirdForum Opus

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Hydrobates monteiroi

Oceanodroma monteiroi

Identification

19-21cm

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

Similar Species

Leach's Storm Petrel

Distribution

Endemic to the Azores.

Breeds in summer on Azores; extent of at-sea range unknown, possibly to eastern North America

Taxonomy

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

Habitat

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

Behaviour

Flight

Quick wing beats between glides on bowed wings.

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.

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/
  2. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
  3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
  4. USGS

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