Species Ardenna bulleri (Salvin, 1888)
Buller's Shearwater, Ashy-backed Petrel, Ashy-backed Shearwater, Grey-backed Shearwater, New Zealand Shearwater
- Puffinus bulleri Salvin, O. 1888. Critical notes on the Procellaridae. Ibis 5 6(23): 351-360 [354].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 527592 Skin (Designation by Hartert (1926, p. 352). Specimen figured in Godman, 1907-1910 (pt. 2, 1908, pl. 23, p. 81), New Zealand.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1888.5.18.46 Skin, New Zealand.Type locality references:
Hartert, E. 1926. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 33: 344-357 [352]; 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 [223].
Generic Combinations
- Ardenna bulleri (Salvin, 1888). —
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds on islands north of NZ, visitor to Australian east coast Oct-Apr, mostly over offshore waters and continental slope, vagrant W of Bass Strait; trans-equatorial migrant to subarctic N Pacific
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), Kenn Province (17), Norfolk Island Province (21), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [8] (Ashy-backed Petrel)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Buller's Shearwater)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Buller's Shearwater)
Marchant, S. & Higgins, P. (coordinators) 1990. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Vol. 1 Pt A 735 pp. 53 pls. [603] (Ashy-backed Shearwater, Grey-backed Shearwater, New Zealand Shearwater)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 02-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 22-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |