Species Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews, 1912)
Slender-billed Prion, Narrow-billed Prion, Thin-billed Prion
- Heteroprion belcheri Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2. [215, fig. 224].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH AMNH 527235 Skin (Mathews no. 10039), Torquay, 13 miles south of Geelong, Victoria [34°20'S, 144°19'E].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 [221]. - Heteroprion belcheri serventyi Mathews, G.M. 1935. [Untitled] Mr. Gregory M. Mathews sent the following descriptions of a new Stitch-bird and a new tit from New Zealand, and of a new prion from Australia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 55(387): 159-160 [160].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1920.7.15.1 Skin, Cottesloe, Western Australia [31°59'S, 115°45'E].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. [268]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [28].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Common visitor to southern Australian pelagic waters generally at or near continental shelf, from Eden, NSW, to Perth, WA, rare outside this range,
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), 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. [8] (Thin-billed Prion)
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. (Slender-billed Prion)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Slender-billed Prion)
Marchant, S. & Higgins, P. (coordinators) 1990. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Vol. 1 Pt A 735 pp. 53 pls. [534] (Narrow-billed Prion)
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-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |