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Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt, 1851)
Madeiran storm petrel
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Aves | Procellariiformes | Hydrobatidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical; 25°N - 13°S (Ref. 96995)
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 21.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 40.00 g (Ref. 356)
Short description Morphology
Culmen: 1.52 cm; tarsus: 2.41 cm; wing: 15.77 cm.
Total Length: 19 to 21 cm; Wingspan: 42 to 45 cm (Ref. 8812). Highly pelagic. Forages alone or with conspecifics, feeding while sitting on the water or by dipping prey while flapping just above the ocean surface, often pattering water with feet. Diet mainly consists of small fish, squid, and some crustaceans(Ref. 122680).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Lepage, D. 2007. (Ref. 7816)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.