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National Natural Monument
Birds
Band-rumped Storm Petrel
Hydrobates castro
The Band-rumped Storm Petrel is a small seabird, nearly all black with only a faint pale rump patch. It lives on the open ocean and comes to land only to breed, nesting in burrows. In Japan, Hiidejima off Iwate is a known breeding site, and the species is protected as a rare bird vulnerable to human disturbance.
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates castro
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Iwate
- 日本語
- クロコシジロウミツバメ
- 简体中文
- 黑腰叉尾海燕
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The Band-rumped Storm Petrel is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Iwate.
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