White-bellied storm petrel

White-bellied storm petrel
White-bellied storm petrel near Lord Howe Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Hydrobatidae
Subfamily: Oceanitinae
Genus: Fregetta
Species: F. grallaria
Binomial name
Fregetta grallaria
(Vieillot, 1817)

The white-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta grallaria) is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family.

It is found in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Maldives, Namibia, New Zealand, Saint Helena, South Africa, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Its natural habitat is open seas.

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