Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Storm-Petrels :: Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica

Described by: Gould (1844)
Alternate common name(s): Black-bellied Storm Petrel, Black-bellied Storm-petrel, Black-streaked Storm-petrel, Dusky-vented Storm-petrel, Gould's Storm-petrel, Striped Storm-petrel, New Zealand Storm Petrel, New Zealand Storm-petrel, Striped Storm Petrel
Old scientific name(s): Fregetta lineata, Oceanites maorianus

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Range

Circumpolar; Southern Ocean, s. Atlantic Ocean, s. Indian Ocean and s. Pacific Ocean;
(1) South Georgia, South Orkney (Signy Is., Larsen Is., and Laurie Is.), South Shetland (Deception Is. and Elephant Is.), Bouvet(?), Heard, Crozets (East), Kerguelen, Auckland, Bounty, Antipodes and Prince Edward I Is.
(2) Tristan da Cunha and Gough Is.
Migrates n. in winter into subtropical and tropical waters s. of equator (extends n. of equator in Indian Ocean).
Dispersed n. to nearly 18°N to Cape Horn (Chile) n. to Peru (s. Lima), Argentina, Falkland Is., Uruguay, Brazil (Bahia) and in the Gulf of Guinea off Sierra Leone and Liberia, s. Namibia, South Africa, c. Arabian Sea (>50 miles off the Arabian Peninsula, Dhofar, Oman), Bay of Bengal, s. Indian Ocean to Australia (e. Queensland, New South Wales, e. Victoria, South Australia and s. Western Australia), s. Tasmania, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, Solomon Is., South Pacific in s. Polynesia in the vicinity of Samoa and the Marquesas Is.

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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