Lectotypification of the Subantarctic Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul Salvin, 1896 (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae)

• Published in: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
• Main Authors: Tennyson, Alan J.D., Bond, Alexander L., Cooper, Joanne H., Fischer, Johannes H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Baie de l'Observatoire; Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/8f951d5d-76a3-4431-9345-882baa7f3acd; https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v142i3.2022.a3; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139152994&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85139152994&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The description of the Subantarctic Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix exsulSalvin, 1896, creates confusion because the type series contains specimens of three different taxa. Here we nominate a lectotype, thereby fixing the identity of this taxon, and restrict its type locality to the Baie de l'Observatoire, La Grande Terre, Kerguelen Islands, Indian Ocean. This stabilises its taxonomy.