CAVS: 0912
Species Puffinus (Puffinus) lherminieri Lesson, 1839
Audubon's Shearwater
- Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, L.P. 1839. Liste d'oiseaux nouveaux de la collection du docteur Abeille de Bordeaux. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 2 [Date published Jun 1839] [102].
Type data:
Neotype AMNH 55155 Skin ('The type material of Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839, supposed to be in a museum in Rochefort, France, and presumed lost… The type locality was apparently legitimately restricted to Guadeloupe in 1948 or earlier'. Neotype from Saint Barthélemy, ‘‘Guadeloupe,’’ West Indies), Ad ripas Antillarum = Guadeloupe.Subsequent designation references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [37].Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [37]; Olson, S.L.. 2013. A nomenclatural history of Audubon's Shearwater with designation of a neotype for Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839 (Aves: Procellariidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(3): 199-203 [201].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
One Australian record, 20 km off Wollongong, NSW (28 Feb. 1987).
Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states,
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and
IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be
reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the
entire distribution. See further details below.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Distribution References
Common Name References
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. (Audubon's Shearwater)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [19] (Audubon's Shearwater)
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 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 22-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |