Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Fregetta grallaria Vieillot, 1818

Paíño Ventriblanco, Bailarín, White-bellied Storm Petrel

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Procellariiformes

Family
Hydrobatidae

Genus
Fregetta

Species
grallaria

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Vagrant

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: One specimen collected southeast of Isabela 11 June 1906 by the California Academy of Science expedition

References

  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
  • Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
  • IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
  • Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Fregetta grallaria", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5087. Accessed 31 October 2026.