Leach's Storm Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Leach's Storm Petrel
The Leach's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Hydrobatidae (Northern Storm Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates leucorhous
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Leach's Storm Petrel
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Hydrobates leucorhous leucorhous
- Hydrobates leucorhous chapmani
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria leucorhoa
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- maritime parts of Picardy.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 25 p.422
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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