Leach's Storm-Petrel (species: Oceanodroma leucorhoa) in Birds of Argentina (Gaia Guide)

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Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Leach's Storm-Petrel

©Mark Dennis

©Schlawe, C - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)

©Tom Benson: Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Aves

Order Procellariiformes

Family Hydrobatidae

Genus Oceanodroma

Species Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Colours

It has all-dark plumage and usually a white rump. However, dark-rumped individuals exist on the west coast of North America. (Wikipedia)