Townsend's storm petrel
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Genus: | Hydrobates |
| Species: | H. socorroensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrobates socorroensis (Townsend, 1890)
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Townsend's storm petrel (Hydrobates socorroensis) is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae. It breeds in the summer on Guadalupe Island off the western coast of Mexico. It ranges in the Eastern Pacific Ocean north to southern California in the United States and south to 10°N latitude. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Leach's storm petrel. It was formerly defined in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was synonymized with Hydrobates.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Hydrobates socorroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T132450926A132452334. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T132450926A132452334.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- Ainley, D.G. 1980. Geographic variation in Leach's Storm-Petrel. Auk 97: 837–853.
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