BirdUp · Species
Black-bellied Storm Petrel
Fregetta tropica(Gould, 1844)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Oceanitidae
- Genus
- Fregetta
- 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.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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