Species Pterodroma (Pterodroma) solandri (Gould, 1844)
Providence Petrel, Bird Of Providence, Brown-headed Fulmar, Solander Fulmar, Solander Petrel
- Procellaria solandri Gould, J. 1844. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, March 26, 1844. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844: 55-58 [57].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1855.12.17.39 Skin, Bass Strait. Australia.Type locality references:
Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [274].Secondary source:
Gould, J. 1844. On the family Procellaridae, with descriptions of ten new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(LXXXV): 360-368 [363]. - Procellaria phillipii Gray, G.R. 1862. A list of the birds of New Zealand and the adjacent islands. Ibis 4(15): 214-252 [246].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown, Norfolk Island [29°02'S, 167°57'E]. - Procellaria agilis Gray, G.R. 1871. Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, Distinguishing those Contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 3 xi 350 pp. [106] [name attributed to Solander Ms; nomen nudum. Synonym of P. phillipii, G.R. Gray].
- Oestrelata montana Hull, A.F.B. 1911. Further notes on the birds of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35: 783-787 [785].
Type data:
Holotype NMV HLW 4880 Skin, Mt Gower, Lord Howe Island [31°34'S 159°04'E]. - Procellaria providentia Mathews, G.M. 1928. The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant with Additions to "The Birds of Australia". London : H.F. & G. Witherby xii 139 pp. pls 1-45. [18] [based on a painting of this bird by George Raper in 1790, from a bird taken at Mount Pitt, Norfolk Island (Hunter's Bird of Providence)].
Type data:
Status unknown.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Small breeding populations on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, common of eastern Australia over pelagic waters beyond continental shelf
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Norfolk Island Province (21), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk 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. [7] (Bird Of Providence, Brown-headed Fulmar, Solander Fulmar, Solander 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. (Providence Petrel)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [19] (Providence Petrel)
History of changes
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| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 12-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |