Puffinus assimilis glauerti

Attribute Description
WAM Reference Number: A2901
Collection: Ornithology
Type Status: Neotype
Comments: 

Originally described as Puffinus assimilis glauerti Mathews 1937 now Puffinus assimilis Gould 1838

Common name: Little Shearwater
Specimen collected: Cottesloe, WA (31°59'S, 115°45'E)
Collected: 1927-07-04
Sex: Male

Remarks: P. a. glauerti is a nomen nudum (Serventy and Whittell, Spec. Publ., W. Aust. Mus. No.1:11)

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  • Puffinus assimilis glauerti - 1937
  • Puffinus assimilis glauerti - 1937