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'''Alternative name: Madeiran Storm-Petrel'''
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'''Alternative name: Madeiran Storm Petrel'''<br />
[[Image:050827_Band-rumped_Storm-Petrel_9839.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}]]
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[[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
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;[[:Category:Hydrobates|Hydrobates]] castro
 
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''Oceanodroma castro''
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
21cm.  Dark plumage, narrow, rectangular, white rump patch, slightly forked tail,  dark bill with tube on top.
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19-21cm
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*Sooty-brown plumage
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*Narrow, rectangular, white rump patch
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*Slightly forked tail
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*Dark bill with tube on top.
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====Similar Species====
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[[Leach's Storm Petrel]]:
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Azores]] and [[Madeira]] in the Atlantic, and the [[Galapagos Islands]] in the Pacific.
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Breeds and ranges tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans<br />
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Otherwise pelagic.
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
  
==Taxonomy==
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[[Cape Verde Storm Petrel]] and [[Monteiro's Storm Petrel]] have been split from this species recently.  
There is  1 subspecies
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Additionally, there may be two additional taxa waiting to be described.
* ''O. c. castro''
 
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Pelagic.
 
Pelagic.
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==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.
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====Flight====
 
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Quick wing beats between glides on bowed wings.
The diet includes invertebrates, small vertebrates and sometimes carrion.  
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====Breeding====
 
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It nests in colonies close to the sea in rock crevices and lays a single white egg.  Nests are visited only at night.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes invertebrates, small vertebrates and sometimes carrion.  
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
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#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
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#USGS
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Oceanodroma+castro}}
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{{GSearch|"Oceanodroma castro"}}
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=920&Bird_Image_ID=8352&Bird_Family_ID=97 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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{{GS-checked}}
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Oceanodroma]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hydrobates]]

Latest revision as of 12:43, 25 January 2022

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

  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

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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