Species Procellaria (Adamastor) cinerea Gmelin, 1789
Grey Petrel, Black-tailed Shearwater, Brown Petrel, Bully, Great Gray Petrel, Kuia, Night Hawk, Pediunker
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Antarctic Circle = New Zealand seas at 48ᵒS.Type data:
Syntype(s) Between 35ᵒ and 50ᵒ South.- Procellaria melanura Bonnaterre, (l'Abbé) 1791. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Pt 1: ornithologie 1. Paris: veuve Agasse. [xcvii + 320] [79].
- Adamastor typus Bonaparte, C.L. 1857. Conspectus generum avium. Paris : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 232+23 pp. [published 1850-1857].
- Procellaria adamastor Schlegel, H. 1863. Revue méthodique et critique (Catalogue) des Collections déposées dans cet Établissement. Procellaridae. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays‑Bas, Revue Méthodique et Critique des Collections déposées dans cet Etablissement 6(Monogr. 22): 1-40 [23] [an unnecessary nomen novum for Adamastor typus Bonaparte, 1857].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds on sub-Antarctic islands including Macquarie Island, usually south of Antarctic Convergence but observed in pelagic waters off Australia well past continental shelf, very rarely observed from land
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
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. [8] (Black-tailed Shearwater, Brown Petrel, Bully, Great Gray Petrel, Kuia, Night Hawk, Pediunker)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Grey Petrel)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 03-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 08-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |