Wedge-rumped storm petrel

The wedge-rumped storm petrel (Hydrobates tethys) is a storm petrel. It breeds in the Galápagos Islands and on the coast of Peru. It was formerly defined in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was synonymized with Hydrobates.

Wedge-rumped storm petrel
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Hydrobatidae
Genus: Hydrobates
Species:
H. tethys
Binomial name
Hydrobates tethys
(Bonaparte, 1852)
Synonyms

Oceanodroma tethys

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