New Zealand storm petrel

New Zealand storm petrel

Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Oceanitidae
Genus: Fregetta
Species:
F. maoriana
Binomial name
Fregetta maoriana
(Mathews, 1932)
Synonyms

Oceanites maorianus
Fregetta maorianus

The New Zealand storm petrel (Fregetta maoriana) is a small seabird of the family Oceanitidae endemic to New Zealand. Thought to be extinct since 1850, a series of sightings from 2003 to the present indicated the presence of a previously unknown colony.[3][4] The population of New Zealand storm petrels has been estimated to be less than 2000.[5]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Fregetta maoriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22728808A132659638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22728808A132659638.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Fregetta maoriana. NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ Flood (2003). "The New Zealand storm-petrel is not extinct. it was last seen in 2003". Birding World. 16: 479–483.
  4. ^ "NZ seabird returns 150 years on". BBC News. 24 December 2003.
  5. ^ Rayner, M J; Gaskin, C P; Taylor, G A; Tennyson, A J D; Fitzgerald, N B; Baird, K A; Friesen, M R; Ross, J; Ismar-Rebitz, S M H (2020). "Population estimation of the New Zealand storm petrel (Fregetta maoriana) from mark-recapture techniques at Hauturu/Little Barrier Island and from at-sea resightings of banded birds". Notornis. 67 (3): 503–510.

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