Fregetta
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Fregetta is a seabird genus in the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae.
Fregetta is a seabird genus in the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Fregetta was introduced in 1855 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. He specified the type species as Thalasssidroma leucogaster which is now considered as a subspecies of the white-bellied storm petrel. The genus contains four species: White-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta grallaria Black-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta tropica New Zealand storm petrel, Fregetta maoriana – formerly placed in Oceanites New Caledonian storm petrel, Fregetta lineata – revived as a distinct species in 2022
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