Gould found his first specimen on the Tasmanian coast and the only other example he saw was said to come from around South Africa. The birds breeds on Tasmanian off-shore islands and the non-breeding birds are common in the Southern Oceans.
The original letterpress description accompanies this lithograph.
 
Published in The Birds of Australia. 1840-1848.
 
Author. John Gould.
 
Artist. John Gould and Henry Richter.
 
Lithograph. Original hand colour.
 
Paper size. 545 mm x 365 mm.
 
Condition. EXCELLENT.
 
Acquired from The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada.