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 EN    Townsend's Storm-Petrel* Id (Atlas):
    Hydrobates socorroensis

Description (10)
Image of Townsend's Storm-Petrel
 

Other Names (World)
Townsend's Storm-Petrel, Socorro Storm petrel (socorroensis)

Family
Hydrobatidae (Northern Storm-petrels)

Size
19 - 22 cm
Wingspan: 45 - 48 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Townsend, 1890)

Range (Guide)
Islets by Guadalupe I, off western Mexico (breeding in summer). Has also been included in Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000,000 (2010).

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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