Birds of the World

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Genus: Nesofregetta (1 species)


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Polynesian Storm Petrel (Nesofregetta fuliginosa) Endangered
Range: PO: Vanuatu, Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Fiji (perhaps extinct, w Polynesia), Kiribati, Marquesas, Gambier and Salas y Gomez (Easter group=Eastern Is.; e Polynesia), formerly also Samoa and Cook Is. (c, e Polynesia)
   

The largest storm petrel is also distinctively marked black with white underneath (except the all black morph). Found in southwest Pacific but could reach the Galapagos.

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