Species Calonectris leucomelas (Temminck, 1836)
Streaked Shearwater, White-faced Shearwater, White-fronted Shearwater
- Procellaria leucomelas Temminck, C.J. in Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1836. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux Planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault Vol. 5 livr. 100 pp. [publication dated as 1838] [99: 587].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP C.G: 1996-1039 Skin (Listed in Voisin et al. (1997/ as the holotype), Japan; RMNH 87016 Mounted skin, Japan; RMNH 87017 Mounted skin, Japan; RMNH 87018 Mounted skin, Japan; RMNH 87019 Skeleton (Cranium only), Japan; RMNH 87020 Skeleton (Cranium only), Japan; NMW 53.301 Skin (Ex Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum), Japan.Type locality references:
Van den Hoek Ostende, L.W., Dekker, R.W.R.J. & Keijl, G.O. 1997. Type-specimens of birds in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. NNM Technical Bulletin 1(1): 1-248 [Non-Passerines.] [9]; Voisin, J.-F., Mougin, J.-L. & Jouanain, C. 1997. Liste des types d'Oiseaux des collections du Muséum National d'Historie naturelle (France). 5. Procellariiformes (avec une note sur les catalogues du laboratoire des Mammifères et Oiseaux. Zoosystema 19(4): 757-788 [763]; Schifter, H., Bauernfeind, E. & Schifter, Th. 2007. Die typen dwer Vogelsammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien. Teil 1, Nonpasseres. - Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 20, Heft. 1. pp.376 [40-41].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Regular non-breeding migrant to N Australia, mostly over offshore waters and continental slope
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
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. (Streaked Shearwater)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Streaked Shearwater)
Marchant, S. & Higgins, P. (coordinators) 1990. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Vol. 1 Pt A 735 pp. 53 pls. [589] (White-faced Shearwater, White-fronted Shearwater)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 02-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 31-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |