Difference between revisions of "Band-rumped Storm Petrel" - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Madeiran Storm Petrel

Photo by Glen Tepke
Atlantic near Hydrographer Canyon, south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, August 2005

Hydrobates castro

Oceanodroma castro

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

Breeds and ranges tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Otherwise pelagic.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.^[1]

Cape Verde Storm Petrel and Monteiro's Storm Petrel have been split from this species recently. Additionally, there may be two additional taxa waiting to be described.

Habitat

Pelagic.

Behaviour

Flight

Quick wing beats between glides on bowed wings.

Breeding

It nests in colonies close to the sea in rock crevices and lays a single white egg. Nests are visited only at night.

Diet

The diet includes invertebrates, small vertebrates and sometimes carrion.

References

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/
Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
USGS

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Band-rumped Storm Petrel. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Band-rumped_Storm_Petrel

External Links

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+'''Alternative name: Madeiran Storm Petrel'''<br />
-'''Alternative name: Madeiran Storm-Petrel'''
+[[Image:050827_Band-rumped_Storm-Petrel_9839.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}<br />Atlantic near Hydrographer Canyon, south of Nantucket, [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]], August 2005]]
-;[[:Category:Oceanodroma|Oceanodroma]] castro
+;[[:Category:Hydrobates|Hydrobates]] castro
-[[Image:050827_Band-rumped_Storm-Petrel_9839.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke]]
+''Oceanodroma castro''
 ==Identification==
-cm.  Dark plumage, narrow, rectangular, white rump patch, slightly forked tail,  dark bill with tube on top.
+-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==
-[[Azores]] and [[Madeira]] in the Atlantic, and the [[Galapagos Islands]] in the Pacific.
+Breeds and ranges tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans<br />
+Otherwise pelagic.
+==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
-==Taxonomy==
+[[Cape Verde Storm Petrel]] and [[Monteiro's Storm Petrel]] have been split from this species recently.
-There is  1 subspecies
+Additionally, there may be two additional taxa waiting to be described.
-* ''O c castro''
 ==Habitat==
 Pelagic.
 ==Behaviour==
-It nests in colonies close to the sea in rock crevices and lays a single white egg.  Nocturnal at the breeding sites to avoid predation by gulls and skuas.
+====Flight====
+Quick wing beats between glides on bowed wings.
-The diet includes  invertebrates, small vertebrates and sometimes carrion.
+====Breeding====
+It nests in colonies close to the sea in rock crevices and lays a single white egg.  Nests are visited only at night.
+====Diet====
+The diet includes invertebrates, small vertebrates and sometimes carrion.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
+#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
+#USGS
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Oceanodroma+castro}}
+{{GSearch|"Oceanodroma castro"}}
-[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Oceanodroma]]
+{{GS-checked}}
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hydrobates]]