Species Ardenna pacifica (Gmelin, 1789)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Little Mutton-bird, Mutton-bird, Petrel, Wedge-tailed Mutton-bird, Wedge-tailed Petrel
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated. Locality restricted by Mathews, 1912, but see note by Hellmayr & Conover, 1948), Pacific Ocean, restricted to Kermadec Island (? = Society Island).Type locality references:
Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2. [80]; Hellmayr, C.E. & Conover, B. 1948. Catalogue of the birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Publications. Field Museum of Natural History. Zoology Series 13(1 (2)): vii+434 [66].- Puffinus chlororhynchus Lesson, R.P. 1831. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux. livr. 8. Paris : F.G. Levrault Vol. I xxxii + 659 pp. [613].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP C.G. 1995-265 Skin, Indian Ocean.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP C.G. 1995-264 Skin, Indian Ocean.Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [33]; Voisin, J.-F., Mougin, J.-L. & Jouanain, C. 1997. Liste des types d'Oiseaux des collections du Muséum National d'Historie naturelle (France). 5. Procellariiformes (avec une note sur les catalogues du laboratoire des Mammifères et Oiseaux. Zoosystema 19(4): 757-788 [763]. - Puffinus sphenurus Gould, J. 1844. On the family Procellaridae, with descriptions of ten new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(LXXXV): 360-368 [365].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP 5171 (VN 1414) Skin, Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [28°43'S, 113°47'E]; ANSP 5173 (VN 1412) Skin, Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [28°43'S, 113°47'E].Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [33]; Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [9]. - Procellaria carbonaria Gray, G.R. 1844. The Genera of birds. London : British Museum Vol. 3 pp. [647] [synonym of Puffinus chlororhynchus Lesson 1831].
- Puffinus pacificus royanus Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2. [85, pl. 75].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 527497 Skin, Bondi Beach, New South Wales [33°53'S, 151°17'E].Type locality references:
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]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [33].
Generic Combinations
- Ardenna pacifica (Gmelin, 1789). —
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] - Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Common in inshore and offshore waters, breeds on islands off NSW and QLD north to Raine Island, and off WA north to Ashmore Reef
IMCRA
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), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
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] (Little Mutton-bird, Mutton-bird, Petrel, Wedge-tailed Mutton-bird, Wedge-tailed 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. (Wedge-tailed Shearwater)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Wedge-tailed 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 |