Status in UK:
(A) Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor
Subspecies:leucorhoa recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
20 cm
Wingspan:
46 cm
Weight:
M/F: 45 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: okeanus + dromos=running
and Gr.: leukos + orrhos=rump
World Distribution:
BREEDS: is of n Atlantic & n Pacific, RANGES: Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Habitat:
Pelagic, breeds in island burrows
Diet:
Mainly surface plankton, small fish, feeds from water surface without alighting
TitBit:
Like other seabirds storm-petrels are prone to 'wrecks' when strong gales blow many birds inshore - 6,700 casualties recorded following gales in November 1952.