Austral Storm Petrels

Grey-backed Storm Petrel

Garrodia nereis

The Grey-backed Storm Petrel (Garrodia nereis) is a 38 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Austral Storm Petrels

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

38 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in Australia, New Zealand, Falkland Is., Argentina, S. Geo. and the Is., South Africa, Fr. S. and Antarctic Lands, Chile, SH, Antarctica.

Where to see it: Auto selected -52.66028, -50.38773 (High seas or unknown); Heard Island and areas at sea to McDonald Island (Heard Island and McDonald Islands); ZEE Kerguelen (French Southern and Antarctic Lands); Nearshore waters (0-2mi/3km) - Gaggins Point to Rockhopper Point (Saint Helena); Port-aux-Français (French Southern and Antarctic Lands).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist