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National Natural Monument
Birds
Leach's Storm Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
Leach's Storm Petrel is a small seabird with a dark brown body and a conspicuous white rump. It spends most of its life on the open ocean and digs burrows in island soil only for breeding. Daikokujima off Akkeshi in Hokkaido is a notable breeding site; the birds come and go at night, and the island's seabird colony is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates leucorhous
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido
- 日本語
- コシジロウミツバメ
- 简体中文
- 白腰叉尾海燕
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The Leach's Storm Petrel is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido.
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