Polynesian Storm Petrel
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| Polynesian Storm Petrel | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Oceanitinae |
| Genus: | Nesofregetta Mathews, 1912 |
| Species: | N. fuliginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin, 1789) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Nesofregetta albigularis (Finsch, 1878) |
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The Polynesian Storm Petrel (Nesofregetta fuliginosa) is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Nesofregetta.[citation needed]
Markedly polymorphic, several subspecies were described, and light birds were even considered a species on their own ("White-throated Storm-petrel"). Not even subspecies are generally accepted today however.
It is found in Chile, French Polynesia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, possibly American Samoa, possibly Fiji, and possibly Samoa.
Its natural habitats are open seas, rocky shores, and sandy shores. It is threatened by introduced predators.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2006. Nesofregetta fuliginosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
- "Nesofregetta fuliginosa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174661.
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