White-faced Storm Petrel

Taxonomy

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Oceanitidae

Genus

Pelagodroma

eBird Code

wfspet

Subspecies (6)

• Pelagodroma marina albiclunis

  breeds Haszard Island in Kermadec Islands (New Zealand); ranges to Tasman Sea

• Pelagodroma marina dulciae

  breeds islands off southwestern to southeastern Australia, including Tasmania; ranges to northwestern Indian Ocean and to southwestern edge of Sunda Shelf

• Pelagodroma marina eadesorum

  breeds Cape Verde Islands

• Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca

  breeds mainly Salvage Island (Madeira group), with a few off Lanzarote (Canary Islands)

• Pelagodroma marina maoriana

  breeds Auckland, Chatham, and satellite islands off North, South, and Stewart islands (New Zealand); ranges to Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile

• Pelagodroma marina marina

  breeds Tristan da Cunha and Gough islands; ranges to equatorial South Atlantic