Leach's Storm Petrel

Hydrobates leucorhous - Océanite culblanc Océanite cul-blanc

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Hydrobatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Hydrobates

  • Species
    :

    leucorhous

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1818

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 22 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 45 à 48 cm.
  • Weight
    : 40 à 50 g
Longevity

24 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Leach's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) is a species of bird in the Hydrobatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Hydrobates leucorhous leucorhous (coasts of the N Pacific and the N Atlantic)
  • Hydrobates leucorhous chapmani (Coronados and San Benito Is.. w Mexico.)

Foreign names

  • Océanite culblanc,
  • Paíño boreal,
  • painho-de-cauda-forcada,
  • Wellenläufer,
  • villás viharfecske,
  • Vaal Stormvogeltje,
  • Uccello delle tempeste codaforcuta,
  • klykstjärtad stormsvala,
  • Stormsvale,
  • víchrovníček severský,
  • buřňáček severní,
  • Stor Stormsvale,
  • myrskykeiju,
  • Swaelstertstormswael,
  • ocell de tempesta boreal,
  • Sjósvala,
  • nawałnik duży,
  • ziemeļu vētrasburātājs,
  • viharni strakoš,
  • Северная качурка,
  • コシジロウミツバメ,
  • 白腰叉尾海燕,
  • 白腰叉尾海燕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Océanite culblanc
published: - Updated: 03-09-2015
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