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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Hydrobatidae .
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The islands are also one of the very few European breeding stations of Leach's storm petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa, with 92% of the British population (45,433 pairs), and also of the European storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus (1,121 pairs).
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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