Storm-petrels (Hydrobatidae)

Polynesian Storm-petrel (Nesofregetta fuliginosa) - HBW 1, p. 268

French: Océanite à gorge blanche German: Weißkehl Sturmschwalbe Spanish: Paíño Gorgiblanco
Other common names: White throated/Samoan Storm petrel

Taxonomy: Procellaria fuliginosa Gmelin, 1789, Tahiti.
Polymorphism has led to description of several bogus subspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: Tropical S Pacific, from Vanuatu (New Hebrides) and Kiribati (Gilbert Is) E to Marquesas and Gambier Is, and possibly Sala y Gómez.