Leach's storm-petrel / Wellenläufer (Hydrobates leucorhous)

Wikipedia: Leach's storm-petrel Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Lesp1.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Hydrobates (Hydrobates); Subfamily Storm petrels (Hydrobatidae); Order Petrels and albatrosses (Procellariiformes); Infraclass Neognathae (Neognathae); Class Birds (aves); Subphylum Vertebrata (Vertebrata); Phylum Chordate (Chordata); Kingdom Animal (Animalia); Domain Eukaryota (Eukaryota)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America.
General: Leach's storm petrel or Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) is a small seabird of the tubenose order. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek. Oceanodroma is from okeanos, "ocean" and dromos, "runner", and leucorhoa is from leukos, "white" and orrhos, "rump".^[2] [more]