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Matsudaira's storm petrel

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Hydrobatinae

Scientific name
  
Oceanodroma matsudairae

Higher classification
  
Oceanodroma

Family
  
Hydrobatidae

Genus
  
Oceanodroma

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Matsudaira's storm petrel orientalbirdimagesorgimagesdatam4a3069jpg

Similar
  
Swinhoe's storm petrel, Tristram's storm petrel, Oceanodroma, Procellariiformes, Markham's storm petrel

Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae) is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family.

It breeds solely in the Volcano Islands in the north-west Pacific Ocean, and winters in the Indian Ocean.

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Japanese ornithologist Yorikatsu Matsudaira.

References

Matsudaira's storm petrel Wikipedia


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