Takahikare-moana, the white-faced storm petrel

There are six sub–species of the white–faced petrel, three of which have been recorded in New Zealand; dulciae, breeding around southern Australia, maoriana, breeding around the mainland of New Zealand and the Chatham and Auckland Islands, and the rare albiclunus, breeding in the Kermadecs.

There are widespread colonies of white–faced storm petrels in subantarctic to subtropical parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Southwestern Pacific Oceans.