Subspecies Sula dactylatra tasmani Van Tets, Meredith & Davidson, 1988

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• Sula tasmani Van Tets, G.F., Meredith, C.E., Fullagar, P.J. & Davidson, P.M. 1988. Osteological differences between Sula and Morus, and a description of an extinct new species of Sula from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, Tasman Sea. Notornis 35: 35-57 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC BS.3322 Skeleton, Sand dunes near Kingston, Norfolk Island [29°03'S, 167°57'E].
  Paratype(s) ANWC BS.3318 Skeleton, Sand dunes near Kingston, Norfolk Island [29°03'S, 167°57'E]; ANWC BS.3326 Skeleton, Sand dunes near Kingston, Norfolk Island [29°03'S, 167°57'E].
• Sula dactylatra fullagari O'Brien, R.M. & Davies, J. 1990. A new subspecies of Masked Booby Sula dactylatra from Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands. Marine Ornithology 18: 1-7 [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC B.13321 Skin, Mutton Bird Point, Lord Howe Island [31°33'S, 159°06'E].
  Paratype(s) AM O.1527 Skin, Admiralty Island, Lord Howe Island [31°30'S, 159°04"E]; AM O.1529 Skin, Admiralty Island, Lord Howe Island [31°30'S, 159°04"E]; AM O.1530 Skin, Admiralty Island, Lord Howe Island [31°30'S, 159°04"E]; AM O.27217 Skin, Admiralty Island, Lord Howe Island [31°30'S, 159°04"E]; NMNZ OR.1098 Skin, Curtis Island, Kermadec Group; NMNZ OR.12710 Skin, Raoul Island, Kermadec Group; NMNZ OR.15955 Skin, Macauley Island, Kermadec Group; NMNZ OR.15956 Skin, Macauley Island, Kermadec Group.

  Type locality references:

  Tennyson, A.J.D. & Bartle, J.A. 2008. Catalogue of type specimens of birds in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Tuhinga, Te Papa Museum of New Zealand 19: 185–207 [194-195].

Introduction

Following Christidis and Boles (2008: 101), tasmani is merged as a synonym under dactylatra, becoming the senior name in subspecies with fullagari. The CAVS number originally assigned is used for the subspecies.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [101]

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