Hideshima Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Breeding Ground
日出島クロコシジロウミツバメ繁殖地 · Hideshimakurokoshijiroumitsubamehanshokuchi
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- National / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Habitat / breeding site
- Designated on
- December 24, 1935
- Location
- 岩手県宮古市崎鍬ヶ崎
- Prefectures
- Iwate
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates castro
About the Band-rumped Storm Petrel
The Band-rumped Storm Petrel is a small seabird with a dark brown body and a distinct white rump band. It lives on the open ocean and comes ashore to breed in burrows and other sheltered cavities. Hideshima Island off Miyako, Iwate, is an important Japanese breeding site and is designated a national Natural Monument as a breeding ground for the species.
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The designated site is in 岩手県宮古市崎鍬ヶ崎.
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