BirdUp · Species
White-faced Storm Petrel
Pelagodroma marina(Latham, 1790)
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Oceanitidae
- Genus
- Pelagodroma
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The white-faced storm petrel, also known as white-faced petrel or frigate petrel, is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Pelagodroma. It is widely distributed across the northern and southern hemisphere, especially around the coastal and open ocean waters of southern Australia, New Zealand, Tristan da Cunha, Cabo Verde, the Canary islands and the Selvagens islands.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- AO, IO, PO : Salvage (north-west of Canary Is.), Canary and Cape Verde is. (Macaronesia, off north-west Africa), Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (south-central Atlantic Ocean), south Australian islets and New Zealand region
- Non-breeding range
- To subtropical waters in North and South Atlantic, north-west and tropical Indian to Seychelles, and south-east Pacific oceans
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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