Black-bellied storm petrel
| Black-bellied storm petrel | |
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| Near Cape Town, South Africa | |
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| Illustration by John Gould | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Oceanitinae |
| Genus: | Fregetta |
| Species: | F. tropica |
| Binomial name | |
| Fregetta tropica (Gould, 1844) | |
The black-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta tropica) is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family.
It is found in Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bouvet Island, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Uruguay, and Vanuatu.
They are usually black with a white band over the rump. A white under the wings and on the flanks. There is a broad black stripe runs down the center of the belly, but may be broken or absent altogether sometimes. They have long legs, so that the feet can be seen beyond the tail in flight. The legs and feet are black.
They are silent mostly at sea. Noises can be seen on the breeding colonies, birds on the ground give a drawn-out shrill whistle.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Fregetta tropica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Black-bellied storm-petrel [Fregetta tropica] - photos, Christopher Taylor Nature Photography
- Black-bellied storm petrel 1st record for Western Palearctic