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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hydrobates socorroensis
- Hydrobates castro
- Hydrobates leucorhous
- Hydrobates pelagicus
- Oceanites oceanicus
- Oceanites gracilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Hydrobatidae
- Genus
- Hydrobates
- Species
- Hydrobates tethys
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