Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates tethys
Very small storm-petrel. Fairly common in warmer offshore waters and not usually seen from shore. Plumage black overall with large, wedge-shaped white rump patch and slightly notched tail tip. Often feeds and associates with Least and Black storm-petrels. Similar to slightly larger Leach’s and Townsend’s storm-petrels, but flies with deeper wingbeats, and white rump patch is larger and longer.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates tethys
- Authority
- (Bonaparte, 1852)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Hydrobatidae
- Genus
- Hydrobates
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- PO : islands of n Galápagos and off coasts of c Peru and nc Chile
- Non-breeding range
- coastal c Baja California (including s Gulf of California; nw Mexico) to n Chile and tropical Pacific to se of Hawaiian Is. and ne of Marquesas Is. (e Polynesia)
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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