Subspecies Puffinus (Puffinus) assimilis assimilis Gould, 1838
- Puffinus affinis Broderip, W.J. 1840. Petrels in Penny Cyclopædia Vol. 18. pp. 40-48 [42] (An error for P. assimilis) [error for Puffinus assimilis Gould].
- Puffinus australis Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould. [Pt 35, text pl. 59] (Ex Eyton, synonym of P.uffinus assimilis) [name ex Eyton Ms, nomen nudum].
- Puffinus assimilis howensis Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129] [125].
Type data:
Lectotype AMNH AMNH 527802 Skin, Roach Islet, Lord Howe Island.Type locality references:
Hartert, E. 1926. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 33: 344-357 [350]; Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [226].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, occurs off eastern Australian mainland between southern QLD and TAS, rarely west to eastern SA
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Distribution References
History of changes
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| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 12-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |