Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Paíño de Leach, Golondrina de mar, Leach's Storm Petrel
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Hydrobatidae
Genus
Oceanodroma
Species
leucorhoa
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Harris (1973) lists four records, two off Genovesa 11 February 1970, one off Española on 11 April 1970, one off Floreana on 17 May 1971, and one near Wolf on 22 February 1971.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Oceanodroma leucorhoa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5130. Accessed 31 October 2026.