Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Hydrobatidae
Genus
Oceanodroma
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Markham's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma markhami

Jacob Drucker and Alvaro Jaramillo
Version: 1.0 — Published February 8, 2013

Diet and Foraging

Diet

Off of Peru, the diet of Markham's Storm-Petrel consists of 54% fish, 36% cephalopods, and 10% crustaceans. Peruvian anchovy (Engraulis ringens), pelagic squat lobster (Pleuroncodes monodon) and oceanic octopus (Japetella sp.) were the most commonly consumed organisms, respectively (García-Godos et al. 2002). García-Godos et al. point out that this diet varies on a yearly basis, particularly during El Niño and La Niña events, when changes in water temperature alter availability of target prey items.

Foraging Behavior

Recommended Citation

Drucker, J. and A. Jaramillo (2013). Markham's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma markhami), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.maspet.01