Leach's Storm Petrel
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Scientific name | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
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Order | Petrels |
Rank | Species |
Family | Hydrobatidae |
Class | Aves |
Phylum | Chordata |
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ID | 3108153 |
About Leach's Storm Petrel
Leach's storm petrel or Leach's petrel 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. Hydrobates is from hydōr "water", and batēs "walker", and leucorhous is from leukos, "white" and orrhos, "rump".