Guadalupe Storm Petrel

The Guadalupe Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma macrodactyla) is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is apparently extinct.

Read more about Guadalupe Storm Petrel:  Description and Ecology, Disappearance

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