The South Georgia diving petrel or Georgian diving-petrel is one of five very similar small auk-like diving petrels of the southern oceans. It is native to the South Atlantic and islands of the southern Indian Ocean and south-eastern Australia. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Murphy, RC; Harper, F 1916
Reference:
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.
35 p.66
Protonym:
Pelecanoides georgica
Type locality:
Cumberland Bay, South Georgia.
Link:
https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1843
Avibase ID:
1838EC86AC1F328C
Avibase ID:
avibase-1838EC86
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1838EC86
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174667
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): South Georgia or Whenua Hou Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides [georgicus or whenuahouensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): South Georgia or Whenua Hou Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides [georgicus or whenuahouensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): South Georgia or Whenua Hou Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides [georgicus or whenuahouensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): South Georgia or Whenua Hou Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides [georgicus or whenuahouensis]) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: South Georgian Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Puffinure de Géorgie du Sud ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Puffinure de Géorgie du Sud ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Georgian Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Georgian Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Georgian Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Georgian Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Georgian Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Pelecanoides georgicus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pelecanoides georgica [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pelecanoides georgicus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): South Georgia Diving Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pelecanoides georgicus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pelecanoides georgicus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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