Species Pachyptila vittata (G. Forster, 1777)
Broad-billed Prion, Blue Dove Petrel, Broad-billed Dove Petrel, Dove Petrel, Ice-bird, Long-billed Prion, Whale-bird
- Procellaria vittata Forster, G. 1777. A Voyage Around the World, in H.B.M. Sloop Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook during the years 1772, 3, 4 and 5. London 2 vols. [98].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Anchor Island, Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand. - Pachyptila vittata balaena Mathews, G.M. 1938. Pachyptila, or the prions. Emu 37(4): 280-284 [281].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1949.64.92 Skin (Previously WAM A.4346), Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia [31°59'S, 115°45'E]. - Procellaria vittata Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer Vol. 1(2) 501-1032 pp. [publication dated 1788] [560] [junior homonym].
- Pachyptila vittata gouldi Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2. [211, 203 in key].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 527218 SKin, Bass Strait, Australia.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 [220].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds on NZ sub Antarctic islands, vagrant to Australian mainland
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), 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), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), 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. [7] (Blue Dove Petrel, Broad-billed Dove Petrel, Dove Petrel, Ice-bird, Long-billed Prion, Whale-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. (Broad-billed Prion)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Broad-billed Prion)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 03-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 21-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |