Species Ardenna tenuirostris (Temminck, 1835)
Short-tailed Shearwater, Bonaparte Shearwater, Mutton-bird, Seal-bird, Short-tailed Petrel, Slender-billed Petrel, Slender-billed Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Tasmanian Mutton-bird
- Procellaria tenuirostris Temminck, C.J. in Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1835. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault Vol. 5 (livr. 96). [99, text to Pl. 587].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH 87033 Mount, Japan; RMNH 87034 Mount, Japan. - Puffinus brevicaudus Gould, J. 1847. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 7. [Pl. 56].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP 5168 Skin, Bass Strait, Australia; ANSP 5169 Skin, Bass Strait, Australia.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. [34]; Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [10]. - Puffinus intermedius Hull, A.F.B. 1911. Description of a new petrel and of some nestlings. Emu 11(2): 98-99 [98].
Type data:
Holotype NMV HLW 4874 Skin, Cabbage Tree Is, Port Stephens, New South Wales [32°40'S, 152°14'E]. - Neonectris tenuirostris grantianus Hull, A.F.B. 1916. Description of two new petrels. Emu 15(3): 205-206 [206].
Type data:
Holotype NMV HLW 4886 Skin, Brush (Murramurang) Island, New South Wales [35°31'S, 150°25'E]. - Neonectris tenuirostris hulli Mathews, G.M. 1916. In Proceedings of meeting of British Ornithologists' Club, May 10, 1916. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 36: 82-83 [82].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 527629 Skin, Barrier Reef, Queensland.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 [224].
Generic Combinations
- Ardenna tenuirostris (Temminck, 1835). —
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds primarily around Bass Strait and TAS with small colonies off SA, WA and NSW, observed over inshore and offshore waters, undertake extensive migration to Antarctic coast then NE across Pacific as far as Bering Sea
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), Northeast Province (18), 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Macquarie Island terrestrial & 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] (Bonaparte Shearwater, Mutton-bird, Seal-bird, Short-tailed Petrel, Slender-billed Petrel, Slender-billed Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Tasmanian Mutton-bird)
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. (Short-tailed Shearwater)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Short-tailed Shearwater)
History of changes
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| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 02-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 22-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |