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Species Pagodroma nivea (G. Forster, 1777)

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Species Pagodroma nivea (G. Forster, 1777)

Snow Petrel

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

No confirmed records in local Australian seas. Vagrant to Heard and Macquarie Islands.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

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

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2004. Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) Edn 7, pp. 382. [34]

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. (Snow Petrel)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Snow Petrel)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022	PROCELLARIIFORMES	03-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
20-Nov-2015	PROCELLARIIDAE Leach, 1820	28-Oct-2015	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	PROCELLARIIFORMES	27-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)