Oceanodroma leucorhoa

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: freshwater marshes, pelagic waters • Foraging Strata: Water • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: High

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,000 meters (0 to -19,685 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats : 10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)

Biology

Diet

Mostly: Fish Aquatic Invertebrates Carrion

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : N/A
• Nest Location: N/A
• Nest Type: N/A
• Clutch Size: 1
• Length of Incubation : 38-46 days
• Days to Fledge : 63-70
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, Band-Rumped Storm-Petrel

Members of the genus Oceanodroma

There are approximately 32 species in this genus:

O. castro (Band-Rumped Storm-Petrel) · O. castro castro (Band-Rumped Storm Petrel) · O. furcata (Fork-Tailed Storm-Petrel) · O. furcata furcata (Fork-Tailed Storm-Petrel) · O. furcata plumbea (Fork-Tailed Storm-Petrel) · O. homochroa (Oceanodroma Homochroa) · O. hornbyi (Hornby's Storm Petrel) · O. hubbsi · O. leucorhoa (Leach's Fork-Tailed Petrel) · O. leucorhoa beali (Leach's Storm-Petrel) · O. leucorhoa chapmani (Leach's Storm-Petrel) · O. leucorhoa cheimomnestes · O. leucorhoa kaedingi · O. leucorhoa leucorhoa (Leach's Fork-Tailed Petrel) · O. leucorhoa socorroensis (Leach's Storm-Petrel) · O. leucorhoa ssp · O. leucorhoa willetti (Leach's Storm-Petrel) · O. leucorrhoa · O. macrodactyla (Guadalupe Island Petrel) · O. markhami (Markham's Storm Petrel) · O. matsudairae (Matsudaira's Storm Petrel) · O. melania (Black Storm-Petrel) · O. microsoma (Least Storm-Petrel) · O. monorhis (Swinhoe's Storm Petrel) · O. monorhis chapmani · O. monorhis monorhis · O. monteiroi · O. socorroensis · O. tethys (Wedge-Rumped Storm-Petrel) · O. tethys kelsalli · O. tethys tethys (Wedge-Rumped Storm-Petrel) · O. tristrami (Tristram's Storm-Petrel)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 28 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Royal British Columbia Museum
• EMAN Provider, PIROP
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Seabird 2000
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Bird Collection
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852001
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174633
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13852119
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174628
• IUCN ID: 49722
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNDC04020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5483

Footnotes

1. Mean = -850.480 meters (-2,790.289 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,191.960 based on 9,455 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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