White-bellied Storm-petrel (Fregetta grallaria)

White-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta grallaria

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Brooke, M. de L. 2004. Albatrosses and Petrels Across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.
Turbott, E.G. 1990. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	191,000,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	75,700,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	15.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Brooke (2004) estimated the global population to number around 300,000 individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor
American Samoa	extant	uncertain
Angola	extant	vagrant
Antarctica	extant	vagrant
Argentina	extant	native
Australia	extant	native	yes
Bouvet Island (to Norway)	extant	uncertain
Brazil	extant	native
Chile	extant	native
Congo	extant	uncertain
Cook Islands	extant	uncertain
Ecuador	extant	uncertain
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	extant	uncertain
Fiji	extant	uncertain
French Polynesia	extant	native
French Southern Territories	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	uncertain
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (to Australia)	extant	uncertain
Kiribati	extant	uncertain
Madagascar	extant	uncertain
Maldives	extant	vagrant
Mozambique	extant	uncertain
Namibia	extant	vagrant
New Caledonia (to France)	extant	uncertain
New Zealand	extant	native	yes
Niue (to New Zealand)	extant	uncertain
Norfolk Island (to Australia)	extant	uncertain
Papua New Guinea	extant	uncertain
Peru	extant	uncertain
Pitcairn Islands (to UK)	extant	uncertain
Samoa	extant	uncertain
Solomon Islands	extant	uncertain
South Africa	extant	native
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands	extant	vagrant
St Helena (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Tokelau (to New Zealand)	extant	uncertain
Tonga	extant	uncertain
Tuvalu	extant	uncertain
Uruguay	extant	uncertain
Vanuatu	extant	uncertain
Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France)	extant	uncertain
Yemen	extant	vagrant		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
St Helena (to UK)	Inaccessible Island
St Helena (to UK)	Nightingale Island group
St Helena (to UK)	Gough Island
French Southern Territories	Île Saint Paul

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands	major	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Rocky Shoreline	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Macroalgal/Kelp	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Macroalgal/Kelp	suitable	breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Seagrass (Submerged)	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Seagrass (Submerged)	suitable	breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel	suitable	breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs	suitable	breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy	suitable	breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy-Mud	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy-Mud	suitable	breeding
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	major	non-breeding
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	major	breeding
Marine Oceanic	Mesopelagic (200-1000m)	major	non-breeding
Marine Oceanic	Mesopelagic (200-1000m)	major	breeding
Altitude	0 - 450 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Pollution

Garbage & solid waste

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Majority (50-90%)

Unknown

Stresses
Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Fregetta grallaria. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-bellied-storm-petrel-fregetta-grallaria on 04/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 04/12/2023.