Species Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Procellaria bulwerii Jardine, W. & Selby, P.J. 1828. Illustrations of Ornithology. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars Series. [Pl. 65].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.6.24.511 Relaxed mount, Madeira.

  Type locality references:

  Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [45].
• Bulweria bulweri Salvin, O. 1896. [Untitled] Letter. Ibis 7 2: 287-288 [288] [subsequent misspelling].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Bulweria bulweri (Jardine & Selby, 1828). —
  Salvin, O. 1896. [Untitled] Letter. Ibis 7 2: 287-288 [288] (subsequent misspelling)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pantropical, common n on-breeding visitor to pelagic tropical waters in NW Australia and records from Coral Sea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Common Name References

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. (Bulwer's Petrel)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Bulwer's Petrel)

 

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	02-Sep-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED