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Alternative name: Madeiran Storm-Petrel Includes Cape Verde Storm-Petrel; Monteiro’s Storm-Petrel

Photo by Glen Tepke
Atlantic near Hydrographer Canyon, south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, August 2005
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 on the Azores and Madeira in the Atlantic, and the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific. Otherwise pelagic.

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

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

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