Alternative name: Madeiran Storm-Petrel
Includes Cape Verde Storm-Petrel; Monteiro's Storm-Petrel
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
Distribution
Breeds on the Azores and Madeira in the Atlantic, and the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific. Otherwise pelagic.
Taxonomy
As treated here, this taxon includes three subspecies[1]:
- castro
- jabejabe
- monteiroi
These have all been accepted as different species by Clements (if followed, O. jabejabe becomes Cape Verde Storm-Petrel and O. monteiroi Monteiro’s Storm-Petrel). Additionally, there may be two additional taxons waiting to be described. Opus awaits a position from further world wide checklists.
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, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
- Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
- USGS
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
