Grey-backed Storm-petrel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Hydrobatidae

[Photo] Grey-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis. Source: Bird stamps from South Georgia & Southsandwich, 1999. URL: www.birdtheme.org/country/southgss.html

The Grey-backed Storm-petrel (Garrodia nereis) is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Garrodia. It is found in Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Falkland Islands, French Southern Territories, New Zealand, Saint Helena, South Africa, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Its natural habitat is open seas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-backed_Storm-petrel

The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. It is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.