Species Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912

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• Macronectes giganteus halli Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2. [187].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1891.6.16.6 Skin, Kerguelen Island.
  Paralectotype(s) AMNH AMNH 527123 Skin (Designated by Bourne and Warham 1966), Kerguelen Island
  Comment: One other paralectotype in BMNH.

  Type locality references:

  Bourne, W.R.P. & Warham, J. 1966. Geographical variation in the giant petrels of the genus Macronectes. Ardea 54: 45-67; 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. [319].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Southern oceans migrating north in winter, observed off southern half of Australian coast from Bundaberg, QLD to Shark Bay, WA, including TAS, breeds on sub-Antarctic islands north of Antarctic Convergence including Macquarie Island.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

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. (Northern Giant-Petrel)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Northern Giant-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	20-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED