Subspecies Anous albivitta albivitta (Bonaparte, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anous albivitta albivitta Bonaparte, C.L. 1856. Espèces nouvelle d'oiseaux d' Asie et et d'Amérique, et tableaux paralléliques des Pélagiens ou Gaviae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 42: 764-776.
• Procelsterna albivitta Bonaparte, C.L. 1856. Espèces nouvelle d'oiseaux d' Asie et et d'Amérique, et tableaux paralléliques des Pélagiens ou Gaviae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 42: 764-776 [773] [replacement name for Anous cinereus Gould (Lord Howe Island), not Sterna cinerea Haldeman = Sterna cerula Bennett].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Kermadec Islands.

 

Generic Combinations

• Anous albivitta (Bonaparte, 1856). —
  Cibois, A., Thibault, J-C, Rocamora, G. & Pasquet, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Blue and Grey Noddies (Procelsterna). Ibis 158: 433-438 (changed combination following the placement of Procelsterna in the synonymy of Anous)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Procelsterna cerulea Bennett, 1840. —
  Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [145] (treated Procelsterna albivitta as a junior synonym of P. cerulea, see Introduction)

 

Introduction

There has long been confusion over which of the two species previously placed in the genus Procelsterna are present in Australia. Peters (1934) recognised seven subspecies of Procelsterna cerulea while Murphy (1936) recognised two distinct species, the larger and paler P. albivitta (Grey Noddy) of the subtropical Pacific, from the smaller and darker P. cerulea (Blue Noddy) of the tropical Pacific north of 25°S. Christidis & Boles (1994) stated at the time that no convincing case could be made for either taxonomic treatment and chose the more widespread name of P. cerulea, a decision they retained after further consideration of the problem in Christidis & Boles (2008). In a molecular study of the genus Procelsterna Cibois et al. (2016) presented evidence for the recognition of the two species as separate, and that they should be placed in the genus Anous. We follow Cibois et al. (2016) in recognising the two species as valid and include Anous albivitta as occurring in Australia (see Christidis & Boles 2008, Cibois et al. (2016) for further information).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off southern QLD to central NSW, also Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea, NSW; subtropical, temperate, S Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [145] (as Procelsterna albivitta, junior synonym of P. cerulea)

Cibois, A., Thibault, J-C, Rocamora, G. & Pasquet, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Blue and Grey Noddies (Procelsterna). Ibis 158: 433-438

Murphy, R.C. 1936. Oceanic birds of South America. New York : American Museum of Natural History pp.xxii+1245. [1147] (as P albivittata)

Peters, J.L. 1934. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 2 xvii 401 pp. [345] (as Procelsterna cerulea albivittata)

 

Common Name References

Birdlife Australia Oct 2016. Revised Names Schedule - October 2016. Birdlife Australia: http://birdlife.org.au/. https://birdlife.org.au/documents/BWL-English_name_changes-v2.1.pdf (Tasman Grey Noddy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	AVES	03-Mar-2020	ADDED