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Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818) Family: storm-petrels Order: Procellariiformes print version
Leach's storm-petrel Océanite cul Paíño boreal Wellenläufer
Migration: interoceanic

Verbreitungskarte von Oceanodroma leucorhoa N populations migrate S into tropics: N Atlantic birds occur S to South Africa and occasionally reach Indian Ocean; Pacific birds apparently winter mostly in equatorial zone of E Pacific. Several records from Australia and New Zealand; behaviour strongly suggesting possible breeding at Chatham Is.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)