Species Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844)
Soft-plumaged Petrel, Soft-plumaged Fulmar
- Procellaria mollis Gould, J. 1844. On the family Procellaridae, with descriptions of ten new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(LXXXV): 360-368 [363].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP ANSP 5084 Skin, Australian Seas.
Syntype(s) ANSP ANSP 5085 Skin, Australian Seas (= Atlantic Ocean); ANSP ANSP 5086 Skin, Atlantic Ocean. - Pterodroma dubius Mathews, G.M. 1924. In Proceedings of meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, March 12, 1924. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 44: 69-70 [70].
Type data:
Lectotype AMNH AMNH 528154 Skin, North Western Australia.Type locality references:
Hartert, E. 1931. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 36: 184-190 [187]; Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [229]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [23]. - Pterodroma deceptornis Mathews, G.M. 1932. The birds of Tristan da Cunha. Novitates Zoologicae 38: 13-48 [with notes by J.G. Gordon] [34].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1843.7.14.34 Skin, Cape Seas = Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands [36°08’S 88°55’E].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. [78]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [23].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Common over pelagic waters off southern coast, less common of west coast to about Exmouth, WA and east coast to southern QLD,
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Macquarie Island Province (24), 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
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. [7] (Soft-plumaged Fulmar)
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. (Soft-plumaged Petrel)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [19] (Soft-plumaged Petrel)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 21-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |