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Image Description: |
A Storm Petrel chick among the grass |
Image notes: |
Seldom seen in daylight. |
Species in Image: |
Storm Petrel |
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Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00242 |
General details: |
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Common Name |
Storm Petrel |
Latin Name |
Hydrobates pelagicus |
Shetland Name |
Aalamootie |
Latin Group Name |
Procellariiformes |
Latin Family Name |
Procellariidae |
Common Family Name |
Fulmar, Petrels and Shearwaters |
Description |
Summer visitor, breeding mainly on uninhabited islands away from ground predators. Largest colony is on Mousa where a recent estimate was about 7000. |
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