Species Pterodroma (Pterodroma) gouldi Hutton, 1869

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aestrelata gouldi Hutton, F.W. 1869. [Untitled] letter to editor. Ibis 2 5(351-353) [351].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (Described by Hutton (1869) based on a specimen in Auckland Museum), off Tasmania.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pterodroma (Pterodroma) gouldi (Hutton, 1869). —
  Onley, D. & Scofield, P. 2007. Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World. London : Christopher Helm pp. 240. [183] (changed combination cited)

 

Introduction

Widely treated as a subspecies of P. (Pterodroma) macroptera but reinstated as valid species following work by Wood et al. (2017).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Breeds in NZ, occurs off eastern Australia west to SA, usually over outer continental shelf,

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), 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), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

General References

Onley, D. & Scofield, P. 2007. Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World. London : Christopher Helm pp. 240. [183]

Wood, J.R., Lawrence, H.A., Scofield, R.P., Taylor, G.A., Lyver, P.O'B. & Gleeson, D.M. 2017. Morphological, behavioural, and genetic evidence supports reinstatement of full species status for the grey-faced petrel, Pterodroma macroptera gouldi (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 201-216

 

Common Name References

Onley, D. & Scofield, P. 2007. Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World. London : Christopher Helm pp. 240. [183] (Grey-faced Petrel)

Wood, J.R., Lawrence, H.A., Scofield, R.P., Taylor, G.A., Lyver, P.O'B. & Gleeson, D.M. 2017. Morphological, behavioural, and genetic evidence supports reinstatement of full species status for the grey-faced petrel, Pterodroma macroptera gouldi (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 201-216 (Grey-faced Petrel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022	PROCELLARIIFORMES	04-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
	AVES	12-Mar-2020	ADDED