Fregetta
Fregetta is a seabird genus in the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae.
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].The genus contains four species:
- 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