Leach's storm petrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Leach's storm petrel lives – recorded in 14 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hydrobates leucorhous
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	14 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Bird
Order	Procellariiformes
Family	Hydrobatidae

Where does the Leach's storm petrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Leach's storm petrel in 14 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Leach's storm petrel endangered?

The Leach's storm petrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Leach's storm petrel?

The Leach's storm petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) is a bird in the order Procellariiformes and the family Hydrobatidae, genus Hydrobates. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Leach's storm petrel

Leach's storm petrel or Leach's petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) is a small seabird of the tubenose order. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek. Hydrobates is from hydōr "water", and batēs "walker", and leucorhous is from leukos, "white" and orrhos, "rump". It was formerly treated in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was merged into Hydrobates.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Leach's storm petrel (revision 1380690483), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q211986 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).