Species Fulmarus glacialoides (A. Smith, 1840)
Southern Fulmar, Antarctic Fulmar, Fulmar, Silver-grey Fulmar, Silver-grey Petrel, Slender-billed Fulmar
- Procellaria glacialoides Smith, A. 1840. Aves. In, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835 and 1836. London : Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. 2 pp. [Pl. 51].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1843.2.28.50a Relaxed mount, In the neighbourhood of the South African coasts; BMNH Unknown. - Fulmarus antarcticus Stephens, J.F. 1826. In: General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S. & C. Aves. London : J. & A. Arch etc Vol.XIII(1) 290 pp. [236] [latinisation of Latham Gen. Syst. 6: 405 A].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds in Antarctica, migrating north of Antarctic Convergence in winter, recorded in TAS and less frequently along southern coast, often as wash-ups, vagrant to NSW
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic 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. [6] (Antarctic Fulmar, Fulmar, Silver-grey Fulmar, Silver-grey Petrel, Slender-billed Fulmar)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Southern Fulmar)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 02-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 08-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |