Austral Storm Petrels

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Fregetta tropica

The Black-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta tropica) is a 52 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Austral Storm Petrels

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

52 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

14

Recorded in Antarctica, New Zealand, S. Geo. and the Is., Australia, South Africa, Falkland Is., Fr. S. and Antarctic Lands, Argentina, Heard I. and McDonald Is., SH, Chile, Spain, BV, Papua New Guinea.

Where to see it: Nyrøysa (Bouvet Island); Off Heard Island (Heard Island and McDonald Islands); At sea between 55° South and 57° South (Bouvet Island); Morgenstiernkysten (Bouvet Island); Auto selected (High seas or unknown).

Photo: (c) Charlotte Kirchner, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist