Leach's storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhea)

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🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Oceanodroma (Oceanodroma); 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)
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]

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