New Zealand Storm Petrel
Fregetta maoriana(Mathews, GM, 1932)
English (US) New Zealand Storm Petrel
The New Zealand Storm Petrel (Fregetta maoriana) 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 Little Barrier Island (northern North Island, New Zealand); ranges to seas off southeastern Australia and FijiRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Fregetta maoriana
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- New Zealand Storm Petrel
- Described by
- (Mathews, GM, 1932)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pealeornis maoriana
- Described by
- (Mathews, GM, 1932)
- Type locality
- Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 52 p.132
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
Elliot's Storm Petrel
Oceanites gracilis
Polynesian Storm Petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
Grey-backed Storm Petrel
Garrodia nereis
White-faced Storm Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
White-bellied Storm Petrel
Fregetta grallaria
New Caledonian Storm Petrel
Fregetta lineata
Black-bellied Storm Petrel
Fregetta tropica
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