Species Thalassarche impavida Mathews, 1912
Campbell Albatross
- Thalassarche melanophris impavida Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2. [267].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 526922 Skin, Tasmania.Type locality references:
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 [219].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Thalassarche impavida Mathews, 1912 [accorded full species status by some authors, but see Christidis & Boles (2008: 85) for discussion].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ranges through Southern Ocean in Pacific sector, rare in Indian Ocean, breeds on Campbell Island, NZ, frequently present over southern Australian waters
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Macquarie Island Province (24), 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), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
General References
Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. (raised to full species status)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 01-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 27-Oct-2015 | DIOMEDEIDAE G.R. Gray, 1840 | 26-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 19-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |