The grey petrel, also called the brown petrel, pediunker or grey shearwater is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae, or petrel family. It is pelagic and occurs in the open seas of the Southern Hemisphere, mainly between 32°S and 58°S. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Gmelin, JF 1789
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2
1 pt2 p.563
Protonym:
Procellaria cinerea
Type locality:
within the Antarctic Circle = New Zealand seas, lat. 48° S., fide Mathews, 1912, Birds Australia, 2, p. 123.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656056
Avibase ID:
843C1B8689E0935F
Avibase ID:
avibase-843C1B86
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/843C1B86
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562470
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Priofinus cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamastor cinereus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Puffin gris ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Puffin gris ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 1st edition: Black-tailed Shearwater ( Adamaster cinerea) |
Clements, version 2021: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements, version 2022: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements, version 2023: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements, version 2024: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 3rd edition: Black-tailed Shearwater ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 4th edition: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements, version 2015: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements, version 2016: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements, version 2017: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements, version 2018: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Clements, version 2019: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 1.50: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 1.52: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 1.53: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 1.54: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 1.55: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2015: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2016: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2017: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2018: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2019: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2021: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2022: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2023: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
eBird version 2024: Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Grey Shearwater ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Grey Shearwater ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Pediunker ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Pediunker ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Pediunker ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Pediunker ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Pediunker ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Pediunker ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black-tailed Shearwater ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Procellaria cinerea |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Adamastor cinereus |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Procellaria cinerea |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Grey Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Gray Petrel ( Procellaria cinerea) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Procellaria cinerea |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Procellaria cinerea |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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