Grey-backed Storm-petrel

Grey-backed Storm-petrel

Taxobox
name = Grey-backed Storm-petrel


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Procellariiformes
familia = Hydrobatidae
genus = "Garrodia"
genus_authority = Forbes, 1881
species = "G. nereis"
binomial = "Garrodia nereis"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1841) Forbes, 1881
synonyms = The Grey-backed Storm-petrel ("Garrodia nereis") is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family. It is monotypic within the genus "Garrodia" which was named by William Alexander Forbes in 1881 after Alfred Henry Garrod, while the specific descriptor is an allusion to the Nereids, the sea nymphs of Greek mythology.

It is found in Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Falkland Islands, French Southern Territories, New Zealand, Saint Helena, South Africa, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.Its natural habitat is open seas.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54239/all Garrodia nereis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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