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When to see the Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel
The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
About the Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel
The wedge-rumped storm petrel is a storm petrel. It breeds in the Galápagos Islands and on the coast of Peru. It was formerly defined in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was synonymized with Hydrobates.
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Easily confused with
Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhisSwinhoe's storm petrel is a small bird, 18–21 cm in length with a 45–48 cm wingspan, though distinctly larger than the European storm petrel.
Least Storm PetrelHydrobates microsomaThe least storm petrel is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae.
Markham's Storm PetrelHydrobates markhamiMarkham's storm petrel is a large and slender storm petrel.
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