Gray-backed Storm-Petrel

Garrodia nereis

Least Concern

The Gray-backed Storm-Petrel is a small storm-petrel of southern oceans and remote subantarctic breeding islands. It spends most of its life at sea, fluttering close to the waves to pick planktonic crustaceans and small fish from the surface, and nests in burrows or crevices on remote islands.

Family

Oceanitidae

Group

Storm-Petrels

Range

Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Range — Resident or seasonal range in southern oceans and remote subantarctic breeding islands

Population

≈ Unknown

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