Species Ptilotula ornata (Gould, 1838)

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Species Ptilotula ornata (Gould, 1838)

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

Ptilotis ornata Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [Pt 4, pl. 72, fig. 1] [published as ornatus, an adjective — gender corrected accordingly].
Ptilotis ornata munna Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [410].
Ptilotis ornata wesleydalei Mathews, G.M. 1913. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 31(186): 68 [Date published 29 Mar 1913] [68].
Ptilotis ornata tailemi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [410].
Ptilotis ornata underbooli Mathews, G.M. 1913. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 31(186): 68 [Date published 29 Mar 1913] [68].

Generic Combinations

Ptilotula ornata (Gould, 1838). —
Nyári, A.S. & Joseph, L. 2011. Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and the historical development of Australo-Papuan bird communities. Emu 111: 202–211
Lichenostomus ornatus (Gould, 1838).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Victoria
- Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland.

Common Name References

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Yellow-plumed Honeyeater)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	PASSERIFORMES	02-Mar-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
10-Nov-2020		04-Feb-2013	MOVED
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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