Markham's Storm Petrel
Hydrobates markhami(Salvin, O, 1883)
English (US) Markham's Storm Petrel
The Markham's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates markhami) 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.
Range: breeds off Paracas Peninsula (southern Peru) and Atacama Desert to mountains 50 km inland between Arica and Iquique (northern Chile); ranges east-central Pacific to coasts of southern Mexico, Galápagos, and central ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates markhami
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Markham's Storm Petrel
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cymochorea markhami
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1883)
- Type locality
- Coast of Peru. Lat. 19° 40' S., long. 75° W.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883, pt.4 p.430
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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