Monteiro's storm petrel | |
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Monteiro's storm petrel chick | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Hydrobatidae |
Genus: | Hydrobates |
Species: | H. monteiroi
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Binomial name | |
Hydrobates monteiroi (Bolton et al., 2008)
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Synonyms | |
Oceanodroma monteiroi |
Monteiro's storm petrel (Hydrobates monteiroi) is a seabird species from the storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae. The cryptic species was once considered to be conspecific with the band-rumped storm petrel.[2] The species is endemic to the Azores.