Black-bellied Storm Petrel
Photo · John Gould

BirdUp · Species

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Fregetta tropica(Gould, 1844)

Native
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Commonness
Common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The black-bellied storm petrel is a species of seabird in the family Oceanitidae.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Circumpolar subantarctic islands of South Georgia, Antarctic Pen., Bouvetoya (south-west of south Africa), Tristan da Cunha perhaps including Gough (south-central Atlantic Ocean); Prince Edward, Crozet and Kerguelen (south-west to south-east Indian Ocean), Bounty, Antipodes and Auckland is. (south-east and south of South I., New Zealand)
Non-breeding range
Southern oceans mostly south of Equator to Antarctic Convergence

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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