Fregetta
Genus of birds
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Fregetta is a seabird genus in the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae.
| Fregetta | |
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| White-bellied storm petrel at Lord Howe Island | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Oceanitidae |
| Genus: | Fregetta Bonaparte, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Thalasssidroma leucogaster (white-bellied storm petrel) Gould, 1844 | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cymodroma Ridgway, 1884 Pealea Ridgway, 1886 Fregettornis Mathews, 1912 Fregodroma Mathews, 1937 Fregolla Mathews, 1937 Fregandria Mathews, 1938 nomen novum for Fregolla Mathews, 1937 | |
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.[1][2]
The genus contains four species:[3]
- 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[4]
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