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Species Pterodroma (Cookilaria) leucoptera (Gould, 1844)

Gould's Petrel, White-winged Fulmar, White-winged Petrel

 

Generic Combinations

 

Introduction

While split into two subspecies based on the work of Naurois (1978) and Imber & Jenkins (1981), a demonstrated lack of valid diagnostic characters between the two subspecies led Portelli (2016) to conclude that the species is monotypic. This conclusion was supported by Iglesias-Vasquez et al. (2017) who did not find strong genetic differences between the two subspecies.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Throughout Coral Sea and Tasman Sea beyond continental shelf, from off Gladstone, QLD, south around TAS, to south of Ceduna, SA, also Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island; tropical, temperate, SW Pacific (New Caledonia)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), 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), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

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)
10-Nov-2020 AVES 13-Mar-2020 MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020 PROCELLARIIFORMES 27-Mar-2012 MODIFIED Dr Wayne Longmore
12-Feb-2010 (import)