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Status of the Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma in Peru.


Authors

MAURICIO UGARTE

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Ugarte, M. (2025). Status of the Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma in Peru. Marine Ornithology 53(2), 379-382
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.53.2.1667

Received 24 January 2023, accepted 18 February 2025

Date Published: 2025/10/15
Date Online: 2025/10/08
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Key words: Least Storm Petrel, Hydrobates microsoma, Peru, southern distribution, confirmation record

Abstract

The occurrence of the Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma in Peru has been considered somewhat hypothetical by some authors, as its presence was previously supported only by sight records dating back to 1982. In this note, I confirm the presence of the species in Peru based on the re-examination of three specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. I also provide a summary of the historical records of its occurrences in Peru. Least Storm Petrel should be considered an uncommon boreal migrant in Peruvian marine waters.

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