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• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic source(s)
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: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.
Turbott, E.G. 1990. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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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

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	21,200,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	287,000,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2004
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	15.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Brooke (2004) estimated the global population to number around 500,000 individuals.

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

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
American Samoa	extant	uncertain
Angola	extant	uncertain
Antarctica	extant	native		yes
Argentina	extant	native
Australia	extant	native			yes
Bangladesh	extant	uncertain
Bouvet Island (to Norway)	extant	native		yes
Brazil	extant	native
British Indian Ocean Territory	extant	uncertain
Chile	extant	native
Christmas Island (to Australia)	extant	uncertain
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia)	extant	uncertain
Comoros	extant	uncertain
Cook Islands	extant	uncertain
Equatorial Guinea	extant	uncertain
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	extant	native
Fiji	extant	vagrant			yes
French Polynesia	extant	native
French Southern Territories	extant	native		yes
Gabon	extant	uncertain
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (to Australia)	extant	uncertain
India	extant	uncertain
Indonesia	extant	uncertain
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	uncertain
Kenya	extant	uncertain
Kiribati	extant	uncertain
Madagascar	extant	native
Maldives	extant	uncertain
Marshall Islands	extant	uncertain
Mauritius	extant	uncertain
Mayotte (to France)	extant	uncertain
Micronesia, Federated States of	extant	uncertain
Mozambique	extant	native
Myanmar	extant	uncertain
Namibia	extant	uncertain
Nauru	extant	uncertain
New Caledonia (to France)	extant	uncertain
New Zealand	extant	native		yes
Niue (to New Zealand)	extant	uncertain
Norfolk Island (to Australia)	extant	uncertain
Oman	extant	vagrant			yes
Pakistan	extant	uncertain
Papua New Guinea	extant	uncertain
Peru	extant	native
Pitcairn Islands (to UK)	extant	uncertain
Réunion (to France)	extant	uncertain
Samoa	extant	uncertain
São Tomé e Príncipe	extant	vagrant
Seychelles	extant	uncertain
Solomon Islands	extant	native
Somalia	extant	uncertain
South Africa	extant	native		yes
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands	extant	native		yes
Sri Lanka	extant	uncertain
St Helena (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Tanzania	extant	uncertain
Tokelau (to New Zealand)	extant	uncertain
Tonga	extant	uncertain
Tuvalu	extant	uncertain
United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)	extant	uncertain
Uruguay	extant	native			yes
USA	extant	vagrant
Vanuatu	extant	native
Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France)	extant	uncertain
Yemen	extant	native			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Bouvet Island (to Norway)	Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island)
French Southern Territories	Île de l'Est
New Zealand	Antipodes Islands
South Africa	Prince Edward Islands Special Nature Reserve
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands	South Georgia - mainland, islands, islets and stacks
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands	South Sandwich Islands

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Macroalgal/Kelp	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Macroalgal/Kelp	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Seagrass (Submerged)	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Seagrass (Submerged)	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy-Mud	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy-Mud	major	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		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Pollution	Excess energy - Light pollution	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-bellied-storm-petrel-fregetta-tropica on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.