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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
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
English (US)
New Caledonian Storm Petrel
Described by
(Peale, TR, 1849)

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Taxonomic 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.

See all 10 species of the family Oceanitidae