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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
IUCN Red List
Critically Endangered
English (US)
New Zealand Storm Petrel
Described by
(Mathews, GM, 1932)

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Taxonomic 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.

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