Leach's Storm-Petrel is a small, dark seabird with an erratic, buoyant flight that bounces over wave tops of the open ocean. It nests in underground burrows on remote islands and returns to the colony only at night to avoid predation by gulls. It has one of the most distinctive calls of any seabird — an eerie, gurgling chuckle audible from burrows at night.
Habitat
Open Atlantic and Pacific oceans; nests on offshore islands
Diet
Small fish, squid, and zooplankton
How common
Uncommon
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