Incertae Sedis
- Aprosmictus insignissimus Gould, J. 1875. Letter. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, November 3, 1874. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874: 499-500 [published Apr. 1875, publication dated as 1874] [500] [determined as a hybrid between Alisterus scapularis (Lichtenstein, 1816) and Aprosmictus erythropterus (Gmelin, 1788), see North, A.J. 1912. Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Sydney : Australian Museum Spec. Cat. 1 Vol. 3 vii 362 pp. [112]; Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171–455 [publication dated Jan. 1912, published 31 Jan.]; Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. Additional species described by Gould from Norfolk, Lord Howe, and Philip Islands. Austral Avian Records 1: 182–183].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ adult lost (figured on pl. 10 in Gould, J. 1888. The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. London : H. Sotheran & Co. Vol. 5 75 pls 77 pp. [published between 1875–1888]), Jimbour, c. 30 km N of Dalby, QLD (as near Jimbour).Type locality references:
Ingram, G.J. 1987. Avian type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 239-254. - Aprosmictus melanotus Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Tableau des perroquets. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 6: 145-158 [153] [nom. nud., proposed provisionally with specific application unspecified].
- Barnardius barnardi lindoi White, S.A. 1916. A new parrot for South Australia. South Australian Ornithologist 2: 115-116 [115] [intergrade between Barnardius zonarius zonarius (Shaw, 1805) and B. z. barnardi (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827), see original description; also Fisher, D. 1970. Geographic variation and evolution in the Australian Ringneck Parrot (Barnardius). Ph.D. Thesis. Michigan : University of Michigan].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA (S.A. White coll. s.n), Moolooloo, N Flinders Range, SA. - Euphema souancei Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Tableau des perroquets. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 6: 145-158 [154] [nom. nud., based on endemic Australian genus, with specific application unspecified].
- Platycercus adelaidae Gould, J. 1841. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Nov. 24, 1840. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 159-165 [Date published July 1841: publication dated 1840] [161] [intergrade between Platycercus elegans fleurieuensis Ashby, 1917 and P. e. subadelaidae Mathews, 1912, see pl. 22 in Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould 5 92 pls pp. [published Sept. 1841] and Introduction to Psittacidae; also as incorrect subsequent spelling, adelaidiae by Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5 92 pls pp. [Pt 8, 1842]].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 22842 ♂ adult (institution uncertain; Verreaux cat. no. 282, see Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129–180; Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246—proof equivocal), Adelaide Plains between Holdfast Bay and Mt Lofty Range (as South Australia).Type locality references:
Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5 92 pls. [published Sept. 1841] [text to pl. 22]. - Platycercus adelaidensis Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 2 629 pp. [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] [46] [unjustified emendation of Platycercus adelaidae Gould, 1841].
- Platycercus erythropeplus Salvadori, T. 1891. Descriptions of two new species of parrots of the genus Platycercus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 129-130 [published June] [130] [determined as hybrid between Platycercus elegans elegans (Gmelin, 1788) and P. eximius eximius (Shaw, 1792) by Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 3 pp. 217–296 pls 291–299 [17 Apr. 1917, volume dated as 1916–1917]; Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.; see also Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (lost, figured on pl. 12 in Salvadori, T. 1891. Descriptions of two new species of parrots of the genus Platycercus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 129–130 [published June]), Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, ex 'Australia'. - Platycercus adscitus elseyi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [271] [intergrade between Platycercus eximius adscitus (Latham, 1790) and Platycercus eximius palliceps Lear, 1832, see description of holotype in Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432–479; also L.L. Short (in litt.); cf. Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 622969 (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 9867), upper Gilbert River, QLD (as Gulf of Carpentaria).Type locality references:
Macdonald, J.D. & Colston, P.R. 1966. J.R. Elsey and his bird observations on Gregory's overland expedition, Australia, 1856. The Emu 65: 255-278. - Platycercus barnardius augustus Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [273] [intergrade between Barnardius zonarius zonarius (Shaw, 1805) and B. z. barnardi (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827), see Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432–479; Fisher, D. 1970. Geographic variation and evolution in the Australian Ringneck Parrot (Barnardius). Ph.D. Thesis. Michigan : University of Michigan].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 623093 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 9902), Flinders Range, NE of Port Augusta, SA (as Port Augusta).Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306. - Platycercus barnardius whitei Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [273] [intergrade between Barnardius zonarius zonarius (Shaw, 1805) and B. z. barnardi (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827), see Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432–479; Fisher, D. 1970. Geographic variation and evolution in the Australian Ringneck Parrot (Barnardius). Ph.D. Thesis. Michigan : University of Michigan].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 623090 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 5409), Ulooloo, between Hallet and Terowie, SA (as Ulooloo, Flinders Range, cf. Cain (1955))
Comment: for identification of holotype see Greenway (1978). - Platycercus cecilae Mathews, G.M. 1911. On some necessary alterations in the nomenclature of birds. Pt II. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 1-22 [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1913. New generic names, with some notes on others. Austral Avian Records 2: 55–62] [14] [nom. nov. for Platycercus splendidus Gould, 1846, preoccupied (q.v. below)].
- Platycercus ignitus Gould, J. 1837. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [publication dated 1837–1838, Pt 2, Jan. (=Apr.) 1837] [pl. 24] [determined as abnormal colour phase of Platycercus eximius (Shaw, 1792) by Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 3 pp. 217–296 pls 291–299 [17 Apr. 1917, volume dated as 1916–1917], but possibly a hybrid involving P. elegans elegans (Gmelin, 1788), P. eximius elecica Schodde & Short, 1989 and P. e. palliceps Lear, 1832; holotype figured on pl. 24 of protologue, and on pl. 30 in Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould 5 92 pls pp. [published Sept. 1841]].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1881.2.18.145, Moreton Bay, QLD (as 'Australia').Type locality references:
Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5 92 pls. [published Sept. 1841] [text to pl. 30]. - Platycercus mastersianus Ramsay, E.P. 1877. On a new species of Platycercus from the interior of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 27-28 [27] [determined as a hybrid between Platycercus elegans elegans (Gmelin, 1788) and P. eximius palliceps Lear, 1832 by North, A.J. 1912. Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Sydney : Australian Museum Spec. Cat. 1 Vol. 3 vii 362 pp.; Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 3 pp. 217–296 pls 291–299 [17 Apr. 1917, volume dated as 1916–1917]; Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.].
Type data:
Holotype AM O.23688, 'interior of NSW'. - Platycercus paradiseus Russ, K. 1871. [no title]. Journal of Ornithology 19: 236 [236] [nom. nud., based on endemic Australian genus with specific application unspecified; treated as unidentifiable by Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls, or as a lapsus calami for either Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) or P. eximius (Shaw, 1792) by Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 3 pp. 217–296 pls 291–299 [17 Apr. 1917, volume dated as 1916–1917]].
- Platycercus splendidus Gould, J. 1846. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Oct. 14, 1845. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 104-105 [published Jan. 1846, publication dated as 1845] [105] [determined as an intergrade between P. eximius palliceps Lear, 1832 and P. e elecica Schodde & Short, 1989 by Schodde & Short In Schodde, R. 1989. New subspecies of Australian birds. Canberra Bird Notes 13: 119–122 [published Feb. 1989, publication dated as Dec. 1988]; name preoccupied in Platycercus Vigors, 1825 by Psittacus splendidus Shaw, 1792 = Platycercus elegans elegans (Gmelin, 1788), secondary homonym; both types figured on pl. 28 in Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould 5 92 pls pp. [published Sept. 1841]; for their status, see Schodde, R. 1989. The story behind the description in Canberra Bird Notes of new subspecies of birds. Canberra Bird Notes 14: 90–91].
Type data:
Lectotype ANSP 22872 ♂ adult (Verreaux cat. no. 306), Darling Downs, QLD (as NSW).
Paralectotype(s) whereabouts unknown (lost).Subsequent designation references:
Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129-180 [Date published 28 Feb 1913].Type locality references:
Schodde, R. 1989. The story behind the description in Canberra Bird Notes of new subspecies of birds. Canberra Bird Notes 14: 90-91. - Psittacus bathurstii Siebers, F.W. 1825. Vögel aus Neuholland. Isis Oken 1825(1): Beylage No. 1 [nom. nud., without specified application, but from 'Neuholland' = Australia].
- Psittacus euchlorus Forster, J.R. 1794. Lieutenant King's Nachrichten von der Norfolk-Inseln. (Footnote). p. 11 In, Die neuesten Reisen nach der Botany Bay und Port-Jackson, Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reise Beschreibungen. Berlin : J.R. Forster. [313, footnote] [nom. nud., from Norfolk Is.; perhaps applying to Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii (G.R. Gray, 1859) cf. reference to Psittacus pacificus Gmelin, 1788 in Forster, J.R. 1844. Descriptiones Animalium quae in itere ad maris australis per anno 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto collegit observavit et delineavit Joannes Reinoldus Forster … (A.A.H. Lichtenstein, ed.). Berlin : Officina Academia xiii 424 pp., but nevertheless unidentifiable; for details of publication, see Iredale, T. 1937. J.R. & G. Forster, naturalists. Emu 37: 95–99; Mathews, G.M. 1942. Additions to the list of Australian birds and other notes. Australian Zoologist 10(suppl.): 161–166].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not collected, lost), Norfolk Is. - Psittacus hypopolius Forster, J.R. 1794. Lieutenant King's Nachrichten von der Norfolk-Inseln. (Footnote). p. 11 In, Die neuesten Reisen nach der Botany Bay und Port-Jackson, Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reise Beschreibungen. Berlin : J.R. Forster. [313, footnote] [applied as senior name for Nestor productus (Gould, 1836) by Iredale, T. 1937. J.R. & G. Forster, naturalists. Emu 37: 95–99; Mathews, G.M. 1946. A Working List of Australian Birds including the Australian Quadrant and New Zealand. Sydney : G.M. Mathews 184 pp., but original description ('einen grossen grünen Papegay') is ambiguous, and name submitted by the Standing Committee on Ornithological Nomenclature of the International Ornithological Committee to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for suppression under ICZN Art. 79; for details of publication, see Iredale, T. 1937. J.R. & G. Forster, naturalists. Emu 37: 95–99; Mathews, G.M. 1942. Additions to the list of Australian birds and other notes. Australian Zoologist 10(suppl.): 161–166].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not collected, lost), Norfolk Is. - Psittacus pallidus Shaw, G. in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. (ill.) 1796. The Naturalist's Miscellany; or coloured figures of natural objects drawn and described immediately from nature. London : Nodder Vol. VIII pls 255-300. [text to pl. 258] [name based on presumed albinistic specimen of an unidentified species of Euphema = Neophema Salvadori, 1891, see Finsch, O. 1868. Die Papageien, monographisch bearbeitet. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 vii 996 pp. 5 pls (912); Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls (605)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (unspecified, lost), ?New Holland (=Australia). - Psittacus verticalis Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [22] [probably based on material or untraced drawings from the First Fleet settlements in the region of Port Jackson, NSW, or perhaps Norfolk Is.; name based on the Red-topped Parrot on p. 369 in Latham, J. 1802. Supplement II. to the General Synopsis of Birds. London : Leigh, Sotheby & Son 376 pp. pls CXX–CXL [publication dated as 1801], and synonymised as senior with Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii (G.R. Gray, 1859) by Mathews, G.M. 1912. A list of the birds of the Philippian sub-region. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 447–455; Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp. (349); Mathews, G.M. 1928. The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant with Additions to "The Birds of Australia". London : H.F. & G. Witherby xii 139 pp. pls 1–45 (26)—but original description just as applicable to juvenile Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788), and rejected as unidentifiable by Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls (606); Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (270)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), Australia (as Nova Hollandia). - Trichoglossus verreauxius Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Tableau des perroquets. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 6: 145-158 [157] [determined as a hybrid between Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788) and Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw, 1791) by Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls (59); holotype figured on pl. XXXVI in Mivart, St. G. 1896. A Monograph of the Lories or brush-tongued parrots, composing the family Loriidae. London : R.H. Porter 193 pp.].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP (no. undetermined), Australia (locality uncertain).Type locality references:
Finsch, O. 1868. Die Papageien, monographisch bearbeitet. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 vii 996 pp., 5 pls. [846-847] (as verreauxi).
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