Polynesian Storm-petrel

Polynesian Storm-petrel

Taxobox
name = Polynesian Storm-petrel


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Procellariiformes
familia = Hydrobatidae
genus = "Nesofregetta"
genus_authority = Mathews, 1912
species = "N. fuliginosa"
binomial = "Nesofregetta fuliginosa"
binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1789) Mathews, 1912
synonyms =
*"Nesofregetta albigularis" (Finsch, 1878)
*"Procellaria albigularis" Finsch, 1878

The Polynesian Storm-petrel ("Nesofregetta fuliginosa") is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family. It is in the monotypic genus "Nesofregetta". 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.

References

* BirdLife International 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40291/all "Nesofregetta fuliginosa"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
* [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174661 ITIS Standard Report Page: "Nesofregetta fuliginosa"]

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3975&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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