Leach's Storm-Petrel Range Map

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Migration

Long-distance migrant. Birds breeding in the North Atlantic spend the nonbreeding season mainly in the tropical Atlantic but also range as far south as eastern Brazil and South Africa. North Pacific breeders spend the nonbreeding season in the central and eastern Pacific.

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Species in This Family

Northern Storm-Petrels(Order: Procellariiformes, Family: Hydrobatidae)

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

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