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Storm-Petrels: Guadalupe Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel, New Zealand Storm-Petrel

Storm-Petrels: Guadalupe Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel, New Zealand Storm-Petrel


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Chapters: Guadalupe Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel, New Zealand Storm-Petrel, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, European Storm-Petrel, White-Faced Storm-Petrel, Madeiran Storm-Petrel, Least Storm-Petrel, Fork-Tailed Storm-Petrel, Hornby's Storm-Petrel. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Oceanodroma leucorhoa macrodactyla W.E. Bryant, 1887 The Guadalupe Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma macrodactyla) is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is apparently extinct. Sitting on its nest, the Guadalupe Storm-petrel would have looked exactly the same as the Leach's Storm-petrel in this photoThis species was almost indistinguishable from its relative, Leach's Storm-petrel. In the field, they could not be told apart except by their circannual rhythm. In the hand, the Guadalupe Storm-petrel could be distinguished by slightly larger size and the paler underwing coverts. It bred only on Guadalupe Island off Baja California (Mexico), and presumably ranged throughout the region. The breeding season was set between that of the local subspecies of Leach's Storm-petrel, the winter-breeding Oceanodroma leucorhoa cheimomnestes and the summer-breeding O. l. socorroensis, in accordance with Gause's Law. The single egg, white with a faint ring of reddish-brown and lavender speckles around the blunt end, was laid in burrows maybe 15 inches (3540 cm) long, below the Guadalupe Pine (Pinus radiata var. binata)-Island Oak (Quercus tomentella) cloud forest on top of Mount Augusta. By mid-June, almost all young had already left the burrows. Though there is little data on Oceanodroma breeding, incubation was presumably 42 days or so in this species, just as in similar-sized relatives. Time to fledging must ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=446593


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155832371
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Guadalupe Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel, New Zealand Storm-Petrel
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 115583237X
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 91 gr


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