Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Procellariiformes > Hydrobatidae > Oceanodroma > Oceanodroma tethys

Oceanodroma tethys (Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel; Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel)

Synonyms: Hydrobates tethys (homotypic); Hydrobates tethys tethys
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The wedge-rumped storm petrel (Oceanodroma tethys) is a storm petrel. It breeds in the Galápagos Islands and on the coast of Peru.
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Infraspecies

Oceanodroma tethys kelsalli
Oceanodroma tethys tethys

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 18.8645
EDGE Score: 2.98893
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  22 grams
Birth Weight [3]  5.1 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Oceanic islands, Pelagic
Wintering Geography [2]  Pacific Ocean
Wintering Habitat [2]  Pelagic
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [4]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  60 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  1
Clutches / Year [6]  1
Wing Span [3]  14 inches (.36 m)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Atacama desert Chile Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Clipperton Island shrub and grasslands France Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands  
Galápagos Islands scrubland mosaic Ecuador Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Sechura desert Peru Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
La Amistad International Park National Park II 541617 Panama, Costa Rica  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Isla San Cristóbal Ecuador A1, A2, A4i, A4ii    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Predators

Asio flammeus galapagoensis (Galapagos short-eared owl)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Parapsyllus cedei[7]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Harris, MP (1969). The biology of storm petrels in the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 37, 95-166
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3BREEDING OF WEDGE-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS (OCEANODROMA TETHYS) IN NORTHERN CHILE, Mariano Bernal, Alejandro Simeone, & Marcelo Flores, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 17: 283–287, 2006
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 7International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0