Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Gould, J 1844)

Reference:
   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser.1, vol.13, no.85 p.363

Protonym:
  Procellaria mollis

Type locality:
  South Atlantic Ocean.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19482#page/393/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4028FEBAF441D880

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4028FEBA

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4028FEBA

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174590

Geographic range:

• Pterodroma madeira: breeds in summer in cliffs high on Pico do Arieiro (central Madeira; central Macaronesia); non-breeding range in subtropical and tropical Atlantic to Azores (northwestern Macaronesia) and St. Helena and northeastern Brazil (tropical South Atlantic Ocean)
• Pterodroma [feae or deserta]: breeds in Desertas Islands (just southeast of Madeira, central Macaronesia) and mountains of Cabo Verde; non-breeding range mainly subtropical and tropical Atlantic Ocean
• Pterodroma feae: winter breeder mainly in rock crevices in montane Santo Antão, São Nicolau, Fogo, and Santiago (Cabo Verde Islands, southern Macaronesia); non-breeding range probably mostly off northwestern Africa
• Pterodroma deserta: summer breeder in burrows on Bugio (Desertas Islands, just southeast of Madeira, central Macaronesia); non-breeding range probably mostly to Azores (northwestern Macaronesia) and southeastern Brazil, more rarely to Gulf Stream off eastern North America and western Europe
• Pterodroma mollis: breeds subtropical to subantarctic islands of southern oceans, from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (south-central Atlantic), Prince Edward Island eastward to Kerguelen and Amsterdam islands (south Indian Ocean), Maatsuyker Island (just south of Tasmania), Macquarie and Antipodes islands (far southeast of Australia and New Zealand, respectively, in far southwestern Pacific); non-breeding range in south temperate and subantarctic waters, also ranging north to southern French Polynesia
• Pterodroma mollis mollis: Gough, Tristan da Cunha, and Antipodes islands
• Pterodroma mollis fusca: Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, and Amsterdam islands
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