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White-faced Storm Petrel
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pelagodroma marina, White-faced Petrel
species of bird
Species
Least Concernfrigate petrel
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderProcellariiformes
- FamilyHydrobatidae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pelagodroma
- Mass
- 40
- Image
- Whitefacedstormpetrel1.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Pelagodroma marina
- Commons category
- Pelagodroma marina
- Commons gallery
- Pelagodroma marina
- taxon common name
- Fotsitava
- wingspan
- 41.5
- longest observed lifespan
- 21
- litter size
- 1
- taxon range
- Africa
- short name
- P. marina
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Encyclopedic overview
The white-faced storm petrel (Pelagodroma marina), (Māori: takahikare) also known as white-faced petrel or frigate petrel, is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Pelagodroma. It is widely distributed across the northern and southern hemisphere, especially around the coastal and open ocean waters of southern Australia, New Zealand, Tristan da Cunha, Cabo Verde, the Canary islands and the Selvagens islands.
Subspecies and their distributions
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White-faced Storm Petrel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.