Subspecies Procellaria (Procellaria) aequinoctialis aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale. Lipsiae : S.G. Englemann 10, pp. 824 +iii. [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMW Skin (Missing), Seas off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

  Type locality references:

  von Pelzeln, A. 1873. On the birds in the Imperial Collection at Vienna obtained from the Leverian Museum. Ibis 3 3: 14-54 [46]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [31].
• Procellaria fuliginosa Shaw, G. in White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions. London : J. Debrett 299 pp. 65 pls. [published before Aug.] [252].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Port Jackson, New South Wales [33°50'S, 151°17'E].

  Type locality references:

  Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [31].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Breeds on sub-Antarctic islands north of Antarctic Convergence, frequently observed in pelagic waters over continental shelf and beyond

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), 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

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	01-May-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED