Species Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild, 1893)
Salvin's Albatross
- Thalassogeron salvini Rothschild, L.W. 1893. [Untitled] Mr Rothschild also exhibited and described the following species. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 1: 56-59 [58].
Type data:
Lectotype AMNH 527004 Skin (Determination of type status follows Hartert, 1926, p. 346), New Zealand.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].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Sub-Antarctic sector of Pacific Ocean, uncommon visitor to SE Australia, rare in NSW and occasionally west of SA
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)
Other Regions
Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater
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 level)
Common Name References
Dickinson, E.C. (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. London : Christopher Helm 1039 pp. (Salvin's Albatross)
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 | 21-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |