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Procellariiformes / Oceanitidae / Fregetta

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Fregetta tropica

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bbspet1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Oceanitidae
Genus: Fregetta

Subspecies (2)

Fregetta tropica melanoleuca

breeds Tristan da Cunha and (perhaps) Gough islands; ranges north to tropics
Fregetta tropica tropica

breeds circumpolar subantarctic islands from South Georgia, Antarctic Peninsula, Bouvetoya, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen (Indian), Bounty, Antipodes, and Auckland islands (New Zealand); ranges southern oceans mostly south of Equator southward to Antarctic Convergence

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bbspet1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.