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Markham's Storm-Petrel

Hydrobates markhami

Classification

Class
Aves

Markham's storm petrel (Hydrobates markhami) is a seabird native to the Pacific Ocean around Peru, Chile, and Ecuador. The species is named after British explorer Albert Hastings Markham, who collected the specimen on which the scientific description was based. It is a large and slender storm petrel, with a wingspan between 49 and 54 cm (19 and 21 in).

Distribution

(c) Jorge Herreros de Lartundo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 781