Subspecies Fregetta tropica tropica (Gould, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thalassidroma tropica Gould, J. 1844. On the family Procellaridae, with descriptions of ten new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(LXXXV): 360-368 [366].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1841.6.1323 Skin, North Atlantic [6°33'N 18°6'W].

  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. [229].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumpolar, breeding on sub Antarctic Islands, regularly occurs over deep water well beyond continental shelf of southern Australia and migrates north to winter in subtropical waters, mostly off the east coast.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022	PROCELLARIIFORMES	01-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	AVES	24-May-2022	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	PROCELLARIIFORMES	01-May-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED