Species Pelecanoides georgicus Murphy & Harper, 1916
South Georgian Diving-Petrel, Georgian Diving Petrel
- Pelecanoides georgica Murphy, R.C. & Harper, F. 1916. Two new diving petrels. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35: 65-67 [66].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 132451 Skin, Cumberland Bay, South Georgia [54°16'S 36°26'W].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 [233]. - Pelagodyptes georgicus novus Mathews, G.M. 1935. Additions to a check-list of the order Procellariiformes [in Additions to the keys, p. 2]. Novitates Zoologicae 39: 252 [plus two foldout keys] [Tab. p. 2].
Type data:
Holotype Skin (Not identified by Mathews), Macquarie Island.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds on Heard Island with records from Macquarie Island, possible vagrant to mainland
IMCRA
Macquarie Island Province (24)
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. [9] (Georgian Diving Petrel)
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. (South Georgian Diving-Petrel)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [19] (South Georgian Diving-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 | 19-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |