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CAVS: 0081

Species Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, 1789)

Blue Petrel

Distribution

States

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


Extra Distribution Information

Southern circumpolar, breeding at many sub-Antactic Islands, ranges between Antarctica and waters off southern Australia, regular off TAS, uncommon along southern coast and rare off NSW


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Macquarie Island Province (24), 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), 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

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 02-Nov-2022 MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020 PROCELLARIIFORMES 20-Apr-2014 MODIFIED Dr Wayne Longmore
01-May-2014 MODIFIED