It is found in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Maldives, Namibia, New Zealand, Saint Helena, South Africa, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The White-bellied Storm Petrel is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
White-bellied Storm Petrel is a species which breeds in small numbers on Lord Howe Island, NSW that is rarily recorded from the mainland (HANZAB 1990). References & Selected Bibliography: * Marchant, S. & Higgins, P.J. (Eds) (1990), Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Vol. 1, Ratites to Ducks, Oxford University Press, Melbourne. More