Gould found this storm petrel common in the Southern Oceans. It breeds in the sub-antarctic and is circumpolar. Closely related to the white-bellied storm petrel. The black-bellied prefers colder waters to the south of the range of the white-bellied.
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.
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