The aselag or alamootie (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a seabird in the faimily Hydrobatidae.

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...
Aselag
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Conservation status
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Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Faimily: Hydrobatidae
Genus: Hydrobates
F. Boie, 1822
Species: H. pelagicus
Binomial name
Hydrobates pelagicus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies

H. p. pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
H. p. melitensis (Schembri, 1843)

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European an Mediterranean
range of H. pelagicus
(Full range extends intae
the Sooth Atlantic Ocean)[1]       Kent or probable breedin colonies      At-sea range in northren hemisphere simmer
Synonyms

Procellaria pelagica Linnaeus, 1758

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