New Caledonian Storm Petrel
Fregetta lineata(Peale, TR, 1849)
English (US) New Caledonian Storm Petrel
The New Caledonian Storm Petrel (Fregetta lineata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Oceanitidae (Southern Storm Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: breeds New Caledonia; ranges from the Coral Sea eastward to Samoa and the MarquesasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Fregetta lineata
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- English (US)
- New Caledonian Storm Petrel
- Described by
- (Peale, TR, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Thalassidroma lineata
- Described by
- (Peale, TR, 1849)
- Type locality
- Upolu, Samoa; ? error, ? Drake Strait, or ? Bellingshausen Sea in the Antarctic.
- Original description
- Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII: Mammalia and ornithology. 1st ed. 8 p.293, 337, pl. 79
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Southern Storm Petrels
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Pincoya Storm Petrel
Oceanites pincoyae
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Oceanites gracilis
Polynesian Storm Petrel
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Grey-backed Storm Petrel
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White-faced Storm Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
White-bellied Storm Petrel
Fregetta grallaria
New Zealand Storm Petrel
Fregetta maoriana
Black-bellied Storm Petrel
Fregetta tropica
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