Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Procellariiformes > Family Hydrobatidae > Genus Pelagodroma

Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PelagodromaReichenbach, 1852accepted genus name

Species group names

Procellaria marina Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: bont stormvogeltje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: frigate petrel; white-faced storm petrel; white-faced storm-petrel sources: Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.;van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).;Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
 French: océanite frégate sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Fregattensturmschwalbe; Weißgesicht-Sturmschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: uccello delle tempeste facciabianca; uccello delle tempeste fregata sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: baltaskruostis audrašauklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: fregattstormsvale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: oceannik białobrewy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: белолицая качурка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: progastorjavi strakoš sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: paíño pechialbo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: beyaz yüzlü fırtına kuşu; fırtına kuşu

Literature

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212700

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8a9034a8-b380-4115-8b30-cf775cec40bc

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212700
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96599

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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