CAVS: 9961
Subspecies Puffinus (Puffinus) lherminieri gunax Mathews, 1930
Audubon's Shearwater
- Puffinus lherminieri gunax Mathews, G.M. 1930. [Untitled]. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 50: 54-55 [55] [new name for Puffinus nugax Mathews, not Procellaria nugax Bonaparte, 1857].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH AMNH 215393 Skin, Melapav Islet, Bank Group, New Hebrides.Type locality references:
Murphy, R.C. 1927. On certain forms of Puffinus assimilis and its allies. American Museum Novitates 276: 1-15 [12]; 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 [227]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [37]. - Puffinus lherminieri nugax Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2. [72] [preoccupied by Procellaria nugax Bonaparte 1857].
Type locality references:
Murphy, R.C. 1927. On certain forms of Puffinus assimilis and its allies. American Museum Novitates 276: 1-15 [12]; 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 [227]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [37].
Distribution
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)
Common Name References
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 |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |