Order ACCIPITRIFORMES

Introduction

Members removed from the Falconiformes. Raptors (Accipitriformes) are a basal member of the Core Landbirds clade. New World vultures are a deep basal split and sister to the rest of the Accipitriformes (Prum et al. 2015). Three families, the monospecific Sagittaridae from Africa, and two with members in Australia, the monospecific Pandionidae (Osprey) and the much larger Accipitridae with over 250 species in 66 genera of which 19 species from 13 genera are recorded in Australia.

History of changes

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

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	AVES	15-Oct-2020	ADDED

Family ACCIPITRIDAE Vigors, 1824

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R. Schodde CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Introduction

The Accipitridae, a group of diurnal birds of prey, is one of the larger avian families containing 258 species within 66 genera, 22 reputedly have occurred in Australia. Recently there has been a tendency to split the family in two as Accipitridae and Pandionidae. Included within the family (sensu lata) are hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, Old World vultures and ospreys. This is one of the most diverse non-passerine bird families and greatly variant in size, shape and behaviour traits. Accipitrids have been variously divided into several subfamilies — six occur in Australia.

Apart from the Antarctic region and numerous oceanic island groups the family has a cosmopolitan distribution. Although of a diurnal nature several extend this to include crepuscular hunting activities (e.g. Elanus scriptus). Most are solitary and territorial although there is a tendency to follow prey movements. Size variation in the family extends from small (e.g. Accipiter spp.) to large (e.g. Aquila spp.) with the male of a species exhibiting sexual dimorphism, being proportionately smaller than the female. Although adults of both sexes have a similar plumage colour and pattern, the juveniles of several species have distinctive markings. Sexual dimorphism tends to be more apparent within species that rely on a principally avian diet.

The majority of species have broad, round wings that have fingered tips and these species soar and glide. Others have long, narrow and pointed wings and hover, much like the smaller falconids. A large number are counter-shaded and are generally coloured using a combination of grey, buff and brown. Several species have crests or subcrests while many uncrested species, if alarmed, have an ability to raise and lower their crown feathers. Old World vultures have unadorned, unfeathered, heads. All have a dense under-down on their feather shafts. Their strongly decurved bill has a yellow cere at the base of the maxilla, covering the nostrils. The maxilla of a few species has a notch or ‘tooth’ similar to that of the falconids.

An accipitrid's anisodactyl foot is powerful and is used, in combination with their sharp talons, to grip and kill prey. The shape and size of the tarsi is correlated with diet: those that feed principally on birds have long and thin tarsi (Accipiter); whereas those taking larger mammals are much thicker and stronger (Haliaeetus). Well-developed senses are adapted to assist hunting: acutuity of vision enables them to select prey from long distances. This sight is assisted by their large eyes having two foveae within the retina, thus providing them with binocular vision, and within the eye itself are the largest pectens of any birds. In addition they have excellent hearing that assists them in the location of hidden potential prey.

The habitat selection for the family comprises woodlands and forests, open grassland and desert. While numbers fluctuate within these habitats, following the frequency of cyclic prey availability, they are generally found in low densities. Several species will form flocks when prey are numerous (e.g. Milvus spp. at the head of large grassfires). They hunt while on the wing, gliding or soaring to locate prey and then stooping to make the kill. All species within the family have a crop for food storage. This allows them to gorge themselves at a kill and then move away from the carcase to digest the food. Prey consists of birds, small to medium-sized mammals, reptiles, fish, frogs, snails and insects, and each group is specialised in hunting for particular species and sizes. Some are purely carrion feeders while other will also take some fruit.

Hunting by small species is achieved utilising stealth accompanied by a short but swift attack with a flycatcher like sally (Accipiter spp.). Much of the food taken by hawks and eagles is obtained on the ground and consists primarily of large to small mammals, birds, reptiles, and some carrion. Others (Elanus spp.) will hover kestrel-like before stooping to the prey. The African harrier-hawks (Polyboroides spp.) take young birds from nests and in the situation where these are within hollows they have evolved specialised double-jointed legs for extracting them.

While generally silent, all accipitrids are capable of vocalisations, particularly during breeding. These consists of screams, yelps, mews and cackles between mating pairs; vocalisations are used by some to advertise territories. Pre-breeding displays are elaborate aerial displays above or near to the nesting area; these may include diving and undulating flights and claw grasping. Adult pairings are often permanent. The majority of accipitrids construct arboreal nests or usurp nests of other species. Nests comprise sticks, and are often lined with green leaves; the larger species construct large and bulky nests which are often reused although some maintain a series of nests that are used alternatively. One genus (Circus spp.) nests on the ground, using reeds as nesting material.

Clutches of the cylindrical or short-oval egg vary from two or three in the larger species to three to five for smaller species. The adult female provides the incubation which last between 28 to 50 days, and then she cares for the nestlings. Males hunt to provide food for the young. The captured prey are presented to the female who tears it to small pieces and feeds the young. In the Circus spp. the male passes the food to the female while in flight. As the young grow, adult females will leave the nest to assist in provision of food. The young are semi-precocial and nidicolous, fledging when 28–120 days old. During this period they will acquire two moults of down. Often the youngest hatching will not survive and can be consumed by its siblings. They continue to be fed by the adults for several weeks after leaving nest.

Excluded Taxa

Vagrant Species

CAVS:8033
ACCIPITRIDAE: Accipiter gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) [Japanese Sparrowhawk]

CAVS:8032
ACCIPITRIDAE: Accipiter soloensis (Horsfield, 1821) [Chinese Sparrowhawk]

CAVS:0801
ACCIPITRIDAE: Aquila (Aquila) gurneyi G.R. Gray, 1861 [Gurney's Eagle; vagrant to Torres Strait Islands] — Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp.; Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21, 118]

CAVS:0792
ACCIPITRIDAE: Pernis ptilorhynchus Temminck, 1821 [Oriental Honey-buzzard; vagrant to Mainland Australia & Christmas Island] — Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21, 115, 117]

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp.

Lerner, H.R.L. & Mindell, D.P. 2005. Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 327-346

Mindell, D.P., Sorenson, M.D., Huddleston, C.J., Miranda, H.C. Jr, Knight, A. & Yuri, T. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships among and within select avian orders based on mitochondrial DNA. pp. 213-247 in Mindell, D.P. Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics. San Diego, California : Academic Press pp.

Wink, M. & Sauer-Gürth, H. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in diurnal raptors based on nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear gene markers. pp. 483-498 in Chancellor, R.D. & Meyburg, B.-U. Raptors Worldwide. Budapest : WWGBP/MME.

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	AVES	10-Nov-2020	MODIFIED
28-Oct-2015	ACCIPITRIDAE Vigors, 1824	15-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	FALCONIFORMES	11-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Subfamily Accipitrinae Vigors, 1824

Accipitrina Vigors, N.A. 1824. Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some of the more extensive groups of birds. On the groups of the Falconidae. Zoological Journal London 1: 308-346 [313] [original spelling].
Type genus:
Accipiter Brisson, 1760.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Buteonina Vigors, N.A. 1824. Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some of the more extensive groups of birds. On the groups of the Falconidae. Zoological Journal London 1: 308-346 [314].
Type genus:
Buteo Lacépède, 1799.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Milvina Vigors, N.A. 1824. Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some of the more extensive groups of birds. On the groups of the Falconidae. Zoological Journal London 1: 308-346 [314] [used within Vigors' Stirps [divisions, families or subfamilies] of an expanded Falconidae].
Type genus:
Milvus Lacépède, 1799.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Aquiline Vigors, N.A. 1825. Observations on the natural affinities that connect the orders and families of birds. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14: 395-517 [420].
Type genus:
Aquiline Brisson, 1760.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Gypaetinae Bonaparte, C.L. 1831. Saggio di una distribuzione metodica degli animali vertebrati. Giornale Arcadico di Scienze Lettere ed Arti 49: 3-77 [36] [Gypaetus Storr, 1784, Alpenreise vom Jahre, 1781, 1: 69 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Gypaetus grandis Storr, 1784, Alpenreise vom Jahre, 1781, 1: 69, valid name: Vultur aureus Hablizl, 1783) (Aves). Op. 67, Direction 81. Neophroninae -If the Old World Vultures are recognized as a separate group (subfamily), then the correct name for this taxon would be (a) Gypaetinae Bonaparte, 1831 if the genus Gypaetus Storr, 1784 is included in this taxon, or (b) Neophroninae Gray and Gray, 1848 if Gypaetus is not included. Gypinae Blyth, 1851 (Gyps Savigny, 1809) and Aegypiinae W.P. Sclater, 1924 (Aegypius Savigny, 1809) were published later and lack priority with respect to the first two names mentioned. Aegypiinae has been used by some authors as has Gypinae, but no problem of well-established use exists for any of these names].
Type genus:
Gypaetus Storr, 1784.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Circinae Sundevall, C.J. 1836. Ornithologiskt system. For 1835. Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 43-130 [Circus Lacepède, 1799, Tableau des Oiseaux: 4 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Lesson, 1828 (Man. Ornithol., 1: 105): Falco aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 91) (Aves). Op. 1189].
Type genus:
Circus Lacépède, 1799.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Milvinae Bonaparte, C.L.J.L. 1838. A Geographical and Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and North America. London : John Van Voorst vii, 67 pp. [4].
Type genus:
Milvus Lacépède, 1799.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261].
Racaminae Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [1].
Type genus:
Racama Gray, G.R., 1840 [a junior synonym of Gypohierax, Rüppell, 1835].
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261].
Gypohieracinae Bonaparte, C.L. 1842. Catalogo metodico degli icelli Europei. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali, Bologna 4(8): 56-67 [59].
Type genus:
Gypohierax Rüppell, 1836.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Neophroninae Gray, G.R. 1848. List of specimens of birds in the collections of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Part 1 2, pp.viii + 209. [7].
Type genus:
Neophron Savigny, 1809 [Neophron Savigny, 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 68, 75 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Vultur percnopterus (emendation of perenopterus) Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 87) (Aves). Op. 67, Op. 411, Direction 74].
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Elaninae Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [18].
Type genus:
Elanus Savigny, 1809 [Elanus Savigny, 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 69, 97 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Elanus caesius Savigny, 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 98, valid name: Falco caeruleus Desfontaines, [1789]) (Aves). Op. 67].
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262].
Haliaëtinae Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [29].
Type genus:
Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Circaëtinae Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [19].
Type genus:
Circaëtus Viellot, 1816.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261].
Thrasaëtinae Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [24].
Type genus:
Thrasaëtos Bonaparte, C.L., 1837 [a junior synonym of Harpia, Vieillot, 1816].
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261].
Percnopterinae Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1849-50. Die vollstandigste Naturgeschichte des In-und Auslandes. Abt. II. Vogel. Dresden & Leipzig : Expedition der vollstandigsten Naturgeschichte, pp.875 color plates + 1 volume of text. [Date published 1850: Four volumes in seven] [percnopterus (emendation of perenopterus), Vultur, Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 87 (specific name of the type species of Neophron Savigny, 1809) (Aves). Op. 411. Neophron Savigny, 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 68, 75 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Vultur percnopterus (emendation of perenopterus) Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 87) (Aves). Op. 67, Op. 411, Direction 74].
Type genus:
Percnopterus Rafinesque, C.S., 1815 [a junior synonym of Neophron, Savigny, 1809].
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Gypinae Blyth, E. 1850. Conspectus of the ornithology of India, Burma, and the Malayan Peninsular, inclusive of Sindl, Asam, Ceylon, and the Nicobar Islands. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 19(vii): 501-517 [502].
Type genus:
Gyps Savigny, 1809.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Asturineae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [110].
Type genus:
Asturina Vieillot, 1816 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names and the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology. Asturina Vieillot, 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornithol. elem. : 24 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Asturia [sic] cinerea Vieillot, 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornith. elem. : 68) (Aves) 0. 67].
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Spizaeteae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [111].
Type genus:
Spizaetus Vieillot, 1816.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Harpageae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [111].
Type genus:
Harpagus Vigors, N.A., 1824.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Polyboroidinae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [111].
Type genus:
Polyboroides Smith, A., 1829.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Nisi. Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [57] [Nisinae (Accipitrinae)-Nisinae Ridgway, 1873 (Nisus Lacépède, 1799 = Used as an abbreviation [= Nisi.]. Nisinae (Accipitrinae)-Nisinae Ridgway, 1873 (Nisus Lacépède, 1799 = Accipiter Brisson, 1766; = Accipitrinae Vigors, 1824) and Nisinae Poche, 1904 (Nisus Möhring, 1752 = Centropus Illiger, 1811; = Centropodinae Horsfield, 1823) are based on different genera. However, Nisinae Poche, 1904 is unavailable, being based on a pre-Linnaean genus, and hence it does not enter Nisus Möhring, 1752, being pre-Linnaean, does not predate Nisus Lacépède, 1799. Both names are in the main list. Under Nisinae (Centropodinae)].
Type genus:
Nisus Lacépède, 1799.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Ictiniae Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [54].
Type genus:
Ictinia Vieillot, 1816.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Archibuteones Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [72].
Type genus:
Archibuteo Brehm, 1831 [a junior synonym of Buteo, Lacépède 1799].
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Urubitingae Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [62].
Type genus:
Urubitinga Lafresnaye, 1842 [a junior synonym of Buteogallus, Lesson 1830].
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].
Geranospizae Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [62].
Type genus:
Geranospiza Kaup, 1847.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Machaeramphides. Milne Edwards, A. & Grandidier, A. 1879. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. pp.779 in Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Paris : Impreimerie Nationale Vol. 121(Tome 1) pp.779. [77].
Type genus:
Macheiramphus Bonaparte, C.L., 1850.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Milvidae Maynard, C.J. 1881. The birds of eastern North America. Newtonville, Mass. : C.J. Maynard & Co. pp.iv + 532. [281].
Type genus:
[Milvus] Lacépède, 1799 [No genus designated, Milvus by implication Lacépède 1799].
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261].
Ictininae Shufeldt, R.W. 1891. Some comparative osteological notes on the North American kites. Ibis [1891]: 228-232 [232] [subsequent misspelling].
Type genus:
Ictinia Vieillot, 1816.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262].
Elanoidinae Shufeldt, R.W. 1891. Some comparative osteological notes on the North American kites. Ibis [1891]: 228-232 [232].
Type genus:
Elanoides Vieillot, 1818.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262].
Rostrhaminae Shufeldt, R.W. 1891. Some comparative osteological notes on the North American kites. Ibis [1891]: 228-232 [232].
Type genus:
Rostrhamus Lesson, 1830.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262].
†Taphaetus De Vis, C.W. 1891. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6: 437-456 [454].
Type genus:
Uroaetus De Vis, C.W., 1890.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [84].
†Cruschedulidae Ameghino, F. 1899. Sinopsis geológico-paleontológica, Suplemento. La Plata : La Libertad pp. 1-13. [9].
Type genus:
†Cruschedula Ameghino, F., 1899.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [242].
Gymnogenyinae Dubois, A. 1904. Synopsis avium. Nouveau manuel d'ornithologie. Brussels : H. Lamertin Part 2 pp x + 730-1339. [835].
Type genus:
Gymnogenys Lesson, 1830 [a junior synonym of Polyboroides, Smith 1829].
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Craxireginae Poche, F. 1904. Ein bisher nicht berücksichttigtes zoologisches Werk aus dem Jahre 1758, in dem die Grundsätze der binären Nomenklatur befolgt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 495-510 [503].
Type genus:
Craxirex Gould, 1839 [a junior synonym of Buteo, Lacépède, 1799].
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262].
Aegypiidae Sclater,W.L. 1924. Systema avium aethiopicarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Ethiopian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union / Taylor and Francis Part 1 pp.1-304.
Type genus:
Aegypius Savigny, 1809.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262].
†Palaeoplancinae Wetmore, A. 1934. An Oligocene eagle from Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 87(19): 1-9 [9].
Type genus:
†Palaeoplancus Wetmore, 1934.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [273].
Buteogallinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Buteogallus Lesson, 1830.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Necrosyrtinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Necrosyrtes Gloger, 1841.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Busarellinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Busarellus Lafresnaye, 1843.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Hamirostrinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Hamirostra Brown,T., 1846.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Harpyopseinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Harpyopsis Salvadori, T., 1875.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Gampsonychinae Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp.
Type genus:
Gampsonyx Vigors, N.A., 1825 [Gampsonyx Vigors, 1825, Zool. J., 2(5): 69 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Gampsonyx swainsonii Vigors, 1825, Zool. J., 2(5): 69) (Aves). Op. 67].
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
Pithecophaginae Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp.
Type genus:
Pithecophaga Ogilvie-Grant, W.R., 1896.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].

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Genus Accipiter Brisson, 1760

Accipiter Brisson, M.-J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la Division des oiseaux en Ordres, Sectiones, Genres, Espèces & leurs Variétés. Paris : J.-B. Bauche Vol. I xxiv 526 lxxiii pp. XXXVII pls. [28, 310].
Type species:
Accipiter nisus Brisson, 1760 (= Falco nisus Linnaeus, 1758) by Linnaean tautonymy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [80]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [171].
Astur Brisson, M.-J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la Division des oiseaux en Ordres, Sectiones, Genres, Espèces & leurs Variétés. Paris : J.-B. Bauche Vol. I xxiv 526 lxxiii pp. XXXVII pls. [317] [non generic use].
Type species:
Falco palumbarius Linnaeus, C., 1760 by Linnaean tautonymy.
Secondary source:
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. [238]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [80]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [171].
Astur Lacépède, B.G.É. 1799. Tableaux des mammiferes et des oiseaux. Paris Plassan, pp. [4].
Type species:
Falco palumbarius Linnaeus, C., 1760 (= Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus, 1758) by Linnaean tautonymy.
Secondary source:
Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [171].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Subgenus Accipiter (Leucospiza) Kaup, 1844

Leucospiza Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [119].
Type species:
Falco novaehollandiae Gmelin, 1788 by original designation.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [80]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [171].
Leucospizia Kaup, J.J. 1850. Corrigirte Uebersicht der Falconidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 16(1): 27-41 [36].
Type species:
Astur novaehollandiae Gmelin, 1788 by original designation.
Leucospizias Sundevall, 1873.
Urospiza Kaup, J.J. 1845. Ueber Falken. Museum Senckenberg Abhandlungen 3(3): 231-262 [259].
Type species:
Urospiza radiatus Kaup, J.J., 1845 (= Astur fasciatus Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [80]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [171].
Urospizia Kaup, 1850.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Species Accipiter (Leucospiza) fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

CAVS: 0221

Brown Goshawk, Australian Goshawk, Chicken-hawk, Goshawk, Grey-headed Goshawk, Western Goshawk

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, 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

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [122]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Australian Goshawk, Chicken-hawk, Goshawk, Grey-headed Goshawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Brown Goshawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Brown Goshawk)

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Subspecies Accipiter (Leucospiza) fasciatus didimus (Mathews, 1912)

CAVS: 8744

Astur fasciatus didimus Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1(2): 25-52 [Date published 2 Apr 1912] [33].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 533123 Skin, Melville Island, Northern Territory [11°33'S, 130°56'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [265].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Subspecies Accipiter (Leucospiza) fasciatus dogwa Rand, 1941

Accipiter (Leucospiza) fasciatus dogwa Rand, A.L. 1941. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 32 New and interesting birds from New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 1102: 1-15 [1].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 421685, Dogwa, Oriomo River, Territory of Papua, NewGuinea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Subspecies Accipiter (Leucospiza) fasciatus fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

CAVS: 8745

Astur fasciatus Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [181].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1863.7.7.2a Skin, New Holland (New South Wales); BMNH Skin (Another type (e mentioned in Sharpe, 1874, p. 127), New Holland (New South Wales).
Type locality references:
Sharpe, R.B. 1874. Catalogue of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Vol. 1 pp.xiii+479. [127]; Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [95].
Falco radiatus Temminck, C.J. in Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1822. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux Planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault Vol. livr. 21 pl. 123. [pl. 123] (Not F. radiatus Latham 1801).
Astur approximans Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [181].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1863.7..3A Skin, New Holland (New South Wales).
Type locality references:
Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [17].
Falco canus Gray, G.R. 1843. Some rectification of the nomenclature of Australian birds. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 11: 189-194 [189] [nomen nudum].
Falco camus Strickland, H.E. in Strickland, H.E. & Jardine, W. (eds) 1855. Ornithological Synonyms Vol. 1. Accipitres. London : John van Voorst xlvi 222 pp. [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.] [111] [nomen nudum].
Astur cruentus Gould, J. 1843. [Untitled]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 113-114 [113].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ANSP 1279 (VN 113) Skin, York district, Western Australia; ANSP 1280 (VN 114) Skin, York district, Western Australia; BMNH 1955.6N.20.2658 Skin, York district, Western Australia.
Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [80]; Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [26].
Astur maculosus Coles, A.W. 1897. Description of a new Victorian Goshawk Astur maculosus. Victorian Naturalist 14: 43-44 [43].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1898.8.31.5 Skin, Blackburn, Victoria [37°49'S, 145°09'E]; BMNH Skin (Another specimen mentioned in Warren (1966) p. 172), Blackburn, Victoria [37°49'S, 145°09'E].
Type locality references:
Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [172].
Astur fasciatus mackayi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [246].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 533214 Skin, Mackay, Queensland [21°09'S, 149°10'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [265].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Species Accipiter (Leucospiza) hiogaster (S. Müller, 1841)

CAVS: 9938

Variable Goshawk

Introduction

We follow Ferguson-Lees et al. (2001) and Christidis & Boles (2008) in recognising A. hiogaster as separate from A. novaehollandiae, and in placing Urospizias natalis Lister, 1889 (Christmas Island Goshawk) as a subspecies of A. hiogaster.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Found on Christmas Island.

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

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Subspecies Accipiter (Leucospiza) hiogaster natalis (Lister, 1889)

CAVS: 8013

Christmas Island Goshawk

Urospizias natalis Lister, J.J. 1889. On the natural history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 512-534 [publication dated 1888] [523].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1888.8.12.1 Skin, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean [10°29'S, 105°37'E]; BMNH Skin (Another of four specimens mentioned as being in the BMNH (Warren, 1966, p. 200)), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean [10°29'S, 105°37'E]; BMNH Skin (Another of four specimens mentioned as being in the BMNH (Warren, 1966, p. 200)), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean [10°29'S, 105°37'E]; BMNH Skin (Another of four specimens mentioned as being in the BMNH (Warren, 1966, p. 200)), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean [10°29'S, 105°37'E]; BMNH Skin (Another of four specimens mentioned as being in the BMNH (Warren, 1966, p. 200)), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean [10°29'S, 105°37'E].
Type locality references:
Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [200].

Generic Combinations

Accipiter (Leucospiza) hiogaster natalis (Lister, 1889).

Distribution

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

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Species Accipiter (Leucospiza) novaehollandiae (Gmelin, 1788)

CAVS: 0220

Grey Goshawk, Grey-backed Goshawk, New Holland Goshawk, White Goshawk, White Hawk

Falco novaehollandiae Gmelin, J.F. 1788. [title unknown]. 148 in Linnaeus, C. (ed.). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Lyon : J.B. Delamolliere Vol. 1.
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), New South Wales = Tasmania.
Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [82].
Falco albus Shaw, G. in White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions. London : J. Debrett 299 pp. 65 pls. [published before Aug.] [250].
Type data:
Holotype NMW 49.602 Skin (Ex Leverian Museum), New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Schifter, H., Bauernfeind, E. & Schifter, Th. 2007. Die typen dwer Vogelsammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien. Teil 1, Nonpasseres. - Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 20, Heft. 1. pp.376 [68-69].
Falco clarus Latham, J. 1801. Supplement II. to the General Synopsis of Birds. London : Leigh, Sotheby & Son 376 pp. 120-140 pls. [publication dated as 1801 - see Schodde et al. (2010)] [xiii].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Sparvius cinereus Vieillot, L.P. 1817. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Historie Naturelle, applicquée aux Arts, principalement à l'Agriculture et à l'Économie rurale et domestique par une Société de Naturalistes et d'Agriculteurs. Paris : Déterville Vol. 10 pp. [338].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Sparvius niveus Vieillot, L.P. 1817. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Historie Naturelle, applicquée aux Arts, principalement à l'Agriculture et à l'Économie rurale et domestique par une Société de Naturalistes et d'Agriculteurs. Paris : Déterville Vol. 10 pp. [338].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated. New name for F. novaehollandiae Gmelin 1788), New South Wales.
Astur raii Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [80].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.1 Skin, New Holland (New South Wales).
Type locality references:
Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [241].
Daedalion candidum Lesson, R.P. 1830. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux. Paris : F.G. Levrault Vol. 1 xxxii 659 pp., Vol. 2 (Atlas) xii 119. [Date published July 1830: Livr. 3, July 1830, dated 1831; Livr. 6 published 1831] [66, pl. 12, fig. 1].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), New Holland and Van Diemans Land [Australia and Tasmania].
Falco leucaetos Forster, J.R. 1844. Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad maris australis terras per annon 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto collegit, observavit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster. Nunc demun editae... Heinrico Lichtenstein. Berolini. [70].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown, Tasmania.
Astur naevius Gray, G.R. 1869. Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, Distinguishing those Contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 1 xx 404 pp. [29] [error for A. niveus].
Astur novaehollandiae alboides Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [246].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 532958 Skin, Parrys Creek, East Kimberly, Western Australia [15°36'S 128°17'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [264].
Astur raii cooktowni Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [245].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 532939 Skin, Near Cooktown, Queensland.
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [263].
Astur clarus robustus Zietz, F.R. 1914. The avifauna of Melville Island, Northern Territory. South Australian Ornithologist 1(1): 11-18 [13].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA B.1334 Skin, Melville Island, Northern Territory [11°33'S, 130°56'E].
Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [82]; Condon, H.T. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum IV. Birds. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 17: 189-193 [189].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [122]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Grey-backed Goshawk, New Holland Goshawk, White Goshawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Grey Goshawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Grey Goshawk)

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Subgenus Accipiter (Paraspizias) Mathews, 1915

Paraspizias Mathews, G.M. 1915. The Birds of Australia. London : H.F. & G. Witherby Vol. 5 pp. [74].
Type species:
Sparvius cirrocephalus Vieillot, L.P., 1817 by original designation.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [80]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [171].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Species Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1817)

CAVS: 0222

Collared Sparrowhawk, Chicken-hawk, Sparrowhawk

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [122]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Chicken-hawk, Sparrowhawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Collared Sparrowhawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Collared Sparrowhawk)

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Subspecies Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1817)

CAVS: 8746

Sparvius cirrocephalus Vieillot, L.P. 1817. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Historie Naturelle, applicquée aux Arts, principalement à l'Agriculture et à l'Économie rurale et domestique par une Société de Naturalistes et d'Agriculteurs. Paris : Déterville Vol. 10 pp. [329].
Type data:
Holotype Unknown (Missing), New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Voisin C. & Voisin J.-F. 2001. Liste des types d'oiseaux des collections du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. 8 : Rapaces diurnes (Accipitridés), première partie. Zoosystema 23(1): 173-190 [184].
Accipiter torquatus Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [182].
Type data:
Holotype Unknown (Unlocated. Not Temminck, 1823), New South Wales
Comment: Unlocated.
Nisus australis Lesson, R.P. 1830. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux. Paris : F.G. Levrault Vol. 1 xxxii 659 pp., Vol. 2 (Atlas) xii 119. [Date published July 1830: Livr. 3, July 1830, dated 1831; Livr. 6 published 1831] [61].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP C.G: 1999-2129 Skin, Timor.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP C.G: 1999-2128 Skin, Timor.
Type locality references:
Voisin C. & Voisin J.-F. 2001. Liste des types d'oiseaux des collections du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. 8 : Rapaces diurnes (Accipitridés), première partie. Zoosystema 23(1): 173-190 [183].
Falco macrodactylus Kaup, J.J. 1848. Monograph of the genera of the Falconidae. Isis von Oken 41(10): 753-774 [nomen nudum. Attributed to Temminck, Leiden Museum].
Falco striatus Strickland, H.E. in Strickland, H.E. & Jardine, W. (eds) 1855. Ornithological Synonyms Vol. 1. Accipitres. London : John van Voorst xlvi 222 pp. [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.].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Accipiter cirrhocephalus Sharpe, 1874 [nomen nudum].
Type locality references:
Sharpe, R.B. 1874. Catalogue of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Vol. 1 pp.xiii+479. [141].
Astur cirrocephalus broomei Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [247].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 533982 Skin, Broome Hill, Western Australia [33°50'S, 117°35'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [268].
Accipiter cirrhocephalus quaesitandus Mathews, G.M. 1915. The Birds of Australia. London : H.F. & G. Witherby Vol. 5 pp. [81].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 533939 Skin, Utingu, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Comment: Same specimen as Accipiter cirrocephalus haesitata M. LeCroy in litt.
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [268].
Accipiter cirrocephalus haesitata Mathews, G.M. 1917. Additions and corrections to my list. Austral Avian Records 3: 127-128 [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)] [128].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 533939 Skin (Same specimen as Accipiter cirrocephalus queenslandicus M. LeCroy in litt.), Utingu, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Comment: Same specimen as Accipiter cirrocephalus quaesitandus M. LeCroy in litt.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

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Genus Aquila Brisson, 1760

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Flinders (FLI) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

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Subgenus Aquila (Uroaetus) Kaup, 1844

Uroaetus Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [121].
Type species:
Aquila fucosa Temminck, 1824 (= Vultur audax Latham, 1801) by original designation.
Secondary source:
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. [250]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [83]; Stresemann, E.; Amadon, D. 1979. Falconiformes. pp.271-425 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [378].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

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Species Aquila (Uroaetus) audax (Latham, 1801)

CAVS: 0224

Wedge-tailed Eagle, Eaglehawk

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [120]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Eaglehawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Wedge-tailed Eagle)

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Subspecies Aquila (Uroaetus) audax audax (Latham, 1801)

CAVS: 8747

Vultur audax Latham, J. 1801. Supplement II. to the General Synopsis of Birds. London : Leigh, Sotheby & Son 376 pp. 120-140 pls. [publication dated as 1801 - see Schodde et al. (2010)].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Aquila fucosa Dumont, C.H.F. 1816. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connaissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. Par Plusieurs Professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales Écoles de Paris. Paris : F.G. Levrault 1 Suppl. [90].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Aquila albirostris Vieillot, L.P. 1816. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Historie Naturelle. Vol. 1 nouv. ëd, pp. [229].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Falco fucosa Cuvier, G.L. 1816. The animal kingdom arranged according to its organization as a basis in natural history of animals and an introduction to comparative anatomy. The Introduction, the Mammiéres and Birds. Paris : Deterville pp. (Not seen).
Type data:
Status unknown, (Unlocated).
Falco fucosa Temminck, C.J. 1821. Oiseaux. pp. in Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux Planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault Vol. 8 pp. [pl. 44].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Aquila cuneicaudata Brehm, C.L. 1845. Das Stiftungsfest der naturforschenden Gesellschaft Osterlandes in Altenburg, am 5 Julius 1843, und etwas die Voegel Griechenlands und Australiens. Isis 5: 323-358 [Date published May 1845].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Aquila audax carteri Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [247].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 535398 Skin (Greenway (1973) indicated problems wth the type locality, Broome Hill is here selected as being that originally indicated by Mathews), Broome Hill, Western Australia [33°51'S, 117°38'E].
Paratype(s) AMNH 535391 Skin (Not identified in Greenway (1973) "collected at Broome Hill, Point Cloates and Dorrei Island, West Australia"); AMNH 535392 Skin (Not identified in Greenway (1973) "collected at Broome Hill, Point Cloates and Dorrei Island, West Australia"); AMNH 535393 Skin (Not identified in Greenway (1973) "collected at Broome Hill, Point Cloates and Dorrei Island, West Australia"); AMNH 535394 Skin (Not identified in Greenway (1973) "collected at Broome Hill, Point Cloates and Dorrei Island, West Australia"); AMNH 535395 Skin (Not identified in Greenway (1973) "collected at Broome Hill, Point Cloates and Dorrei Island, West Australia"); AMNH 535396 Skin (Not identified in Greenway (1973) "collected at Broome Hill, Point Cloates and Dorrei Island, West Australia"); AMNH 535397 Skin (Not identified in Greenway (1973) "collected at Broome Hill, Point Cloates and Dorrei Island, West Australia").
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [272].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Subspecies Aquila (Uroaetus) audax fleayi Condon & Amadon, 1954

CAVS: 8748

Aquila audax fleayi Condon, H.T. & Amadon, D. 1954. Taxonomic notes on Australian hawks. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11: 189-246 [229].
Type data:
Holotype NMV R.6114 Skin (A single bird was mentioned in the description, a second bird at Museum Victoria does not have type status), Great Lake, Tasmania [41°53'S, 146°44'E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

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Genus Aviceda Swainson, 1836

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Subgenus Aviceda (Aviceda) Swainson, 1836

Aviceda Swainson, W. 1836. On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. In, Lardner, D. (ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor Vol. 1 viii+361 pp. [300].
Type species:
Aviceda cuculoides Swainson, W., 1837 by subsequent monotypy, see Swainson, W. 1837. On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. In, Lardner, D. (ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor Vol. 2(92) vi 398 pp. [publication dated 1836-1837 Kluge, A.G. 1971. John Edward Gray and "The Zoological Miscellany". In Gray, J.E. (1831–1844). The Zoological Miscellany. [reprint]. U.S.A. Misc. Publ. of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.] [213].
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [77].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Species Aviceda (Aviceda) subcristata (Gould, 1838)

CAVS: 0234

Pacific Baza, Crested Hawk

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [14] (Crested Hawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Pacific Baza)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Pacific Baza)

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Subspecies Aviceda (Aviceda) subcristata subcristata (Gould, 1838)

CAVS: 8740

Lepidogenys subcristatus 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] [Pl. 46 and text].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ANSP 2012 (VN 98) Skin, New South Wales; ANSP 2011 (VN 97) Skin, New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [23].
Baza subcristata queenslandica Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [251].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 531727 Skin, Mackay, Queensland [21°09'S, 149°10'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [257].
Lophastur subcristatus kempi Mathews, G.M. 1916. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 5 pp. [220].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 531735 Skin, Skull Creek, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [258].
Aviceda subcristata njikena Condon, H.T. & Amadon, D. 1954. Taxonomic notes on Australian hawks. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11: 189-246 [198].
Type data:
Holotype NMV HLW.8329 Skin, Fitzroy River, Western Australia [17 34'S, 123 35'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Genus Circus Lacépède, 1799

Circus Lacépède, B.G.É. 1799. Discours d'Ouverture et de Clôture du Cours d'Histoire Naturelle Donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1'an VII de la République, et tableaux méthodiques des mammifères et des oiseaux. Paris : Plassan pp.94. [4].
Type species:
Falco aeruginosus Linnaeus, C., 1758 (= Circus aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent designation, see Lesson, R.P. 1828. Manuel d' Ornithologie, ou Description des Genres et des principales Espèces d'Oiseaux. Paris : Roret Vol. 1 pp.iv + 421. [105].
Secondary source:
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. [236]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [85]; Stresemann, E.; Amadon, D. 1979. Falconiformes. pp.271-425 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [316]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
Circus Brisson, M.-J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la Division des oiseaux en Ordres, Sectiones, Genres, Espèces & leurs Variétés. Paris : J.-B. Bauche Vol. I xxiv 526 lxxiii pp. XXXVII pls. [398] [non generic name].
Pygargus Koch, K.L. 1816. System der baierischen Zoologie. Nürnberg : Steinischen Buchhandlung Vol. 1 xlviii 435 pp. [32].
Type species:
Falco pygargus Linnaeus, C., 1758 by Linnaean tautonymy.
Secondary source:
Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
Strigiceps Bonaparte, C.L.J.L. 1838. A Geographical and Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and North America. London : John Van Voorst vii, 67 pp. [5].
Type species:
Falco cyaneus Linnaeus, C., 1766 (Bonaparte and Gray considered Falco pygargus Linnaeus as equivalent to Falco cyaneus Linnaeus) by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [5].
Secondary source:
Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
Glaucopteryx Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [113].
Type species:
Falco cineraceus Temminck, C., 1820 (= Circus pygargus Linnaeus, 1758; a junior homonym of Glaucopteryx Huebner, 1825) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
Spizacircus Kaup, J.J. 1845. Ueber Falken. Museum Senckenberg Abhandlungen 3(3): 231-262 [258].
Type species:
Circus macropterus Vieillot, 1816 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
Spilocircus Kaup, J.J. 1847. Die Genera die Milvinae. Isis von Oken 49(2): Col. 83-121 [89].
Type species:
Spilocircus jardinii Gould, J., 1837 (= Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [85]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
Pterocircus Kaup, J.J. 1850. Corrigirte Uebersicht der Falconidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 16(1): 27-41 [32] [unnecessary nomen novum for Glaucopteryx Kaup, 1844].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Species Circus approximans Peale, 1848

CAVS: 0219

Swamp Harrier, Allied Harrier, Gould's Harrier, Harrier, Kahu, Swamp Hawk

Circus approximans Peale, T.R. 1848. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Mammalia and Ornithology. Philadelphia : C. Sherman Vol. 8 xxv + 338 pp. [64].
Type data:
Holotype USNM A.13841 Skin, Muthuata Town, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji.
Type locality references:
Deignan, H.G. 1961. Type Specimens of Birds in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin 221: 1-718 [47].
Circus juxta Peale, T.R. 1848. United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Mammalia and Ornithology. Philadelphia : C. Sherman (Printer) 8 xxv pp. 17-338. (Listed in list of contents only) [nomen nudum. Name used with plate and index only, replaced in text by C. approximans Peale].
Circus gouldi Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus Generum Avium. Tom. I. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill 543 pp. [Date published 24 Jun 1850] [34].
Type data:

Syntype(s) RMNH 87203 Mounted skin, Patagonia [in error], restricted to New South Wales; RMNH Patagonia [in error], restricted to New South Wales 87204, Patagonia [in error], restricted to New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Van den Hoek Ostende, L.W., Dekker, R.W.R.J. & Keijl, G.O. 1997. Type-specimens of birds in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. NNM Technical Bulletin 1(1): 1-248 [Non-Passerines.] [30].
Astur palustris Cotton, J. 1848. List of birds which frequent the upper portion of the River Goulburn in the district of Port Phillip, New South Wales. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science 3(5): 361-365 [Date published Jul 1848] [361] [nomen nudum].
Secondary source:
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. [237].
Circus fuliginosus Diggles, S. 1875. Birds of Australia II. Brisbane Courier, dated 8 May 1875. pp. [3].
Type data:
Holotype Skin (Specimen lost), Nudgee Waterholes, Queensland [27°23'S, 153°06'E].
Type locality references:
Ingram, G.J. 1987. Avian type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 239-254 [243].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [124]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Allied Harrier, Gould's Harrier, Harrier, Kahu, Swamp Hawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Swamp Harrier)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Swamp Harrier)

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Species Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828

CAVS: 0218

Spotted Harrier, Allied Harrier, Jardine's Harrier, Spotted Swamphawk

Circus assimilis Jardine, W. & Selby, P.J. 1828. Illustrations of Ornithology. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars Series Vol. 1 pp. [Sig. H., Pl. 51 plus text].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1886.6.24.20 Skin, Near Sydney, New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [21].
Circus approximans inexpectatus Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [245].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 536283 Skin, Parrys Creek, East Kimberly, Western Australia [15°36'S 128°17'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [273].
Circus jardinii 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] [pl. 48].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ANSP 157 (VN 124) Skin, New South Wales; ANSP 156 (VN 125) Skin, New South Wales; ANSP 158 (VN 126) Skin, New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [26].
Circus jardini RAOU Checklist Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1926. Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union x 212 pp. [36] [subsequent misspelling; misspelling].
Circus jardinei Gould, J. 1838. Untitled. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1837): 96-100 [99] [replacement name for C. affinis Gould].
Circus affinis Gould, J. 1838. Untitled. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1837): 96-100 [99] [error for C. assimilis].
Circus assimilis rogersi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [244].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 536039 Skin, Fitzroy River, Western Australia [17 34'S, 123 35'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [276].
Astur ferox Peale, T.R. 1848. United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Mammalia and Ornithology. Philadelphia : C. Sherman (Printer) 8 xxv pp. 17-338. [308] (Nomen nudum).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [124]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Allied Harrier, Jardine's Harrier, Spotted Swamphawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Spotted Harrier)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Spotted Harrier)

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Genus Elanus Savigny, 1809

Elanus Savigny, M.J.-C.L. de 1809. Système des Oiseaux de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, présenté à l'assemblée générale de la Commisssion, le 29 Août 1808. 54 pp. 14 pls in, Description de l'Égypte; ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée Française [1798–1801]. Paris : l'Imprimerie Impériale Vol. 1 livr. 1 pp. 63-114. [publication dated as 1810] [69].
Type species:
Elanus caesius Savigny, 1809 (= E. caeruleus Desfontaines, 1789) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
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. [258]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [76]; Stresemann, E.; Amadon, D. 1979. Falconiformes. pp.271-425 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [290].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

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Species Elanus axillaris (Latham, 1801)

CAVS: 0232

Black-shouldered Kite

Falco axillaris Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [9].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH Drawing ^ 6 Drawing, New South wales.
Type locality references:
Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1981. Nocturnal Birds of Australia. Illustrated by Jeremy Boot. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 136 pp. 22 pls. [publication dated as 1980] [12].
Secondary source:
Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1981. Nocturnal Birds of Australia. Illustrated by Jeremy Boot. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 136 pp. 22 pls. [publication dated as 1980] [12].
Elanus notatus Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould Part 4. [Append. 1].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ANSP 1973 (VN 77) Skin, New South Wales; ANSP 1972 (VN 76) Skin, New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [24].
Elanus axillaris parryi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [251].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 531543 Skin, Parrys Creek, East Kimberly, Western Australia [15°36'S 128°17'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [256].
Elanus natatus Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [76] [subsequent misspelling].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [116]

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Black-shouldered Kite)

History of changes

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Species Elanus scriptus Gould, 1842

CAVS: 0233

Letter-winged Kite, White-breasted Sparrow Hawk

Elanus scriptus Gould, J. 1842. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 9. [Date published 1 Dec 1842].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 1980 (VN 75) Skin, South Australia = Cooper Creek, South Australia.
Type locality references:
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, Philadelphia 109: 123-246 [143]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [77]; Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [24].
Elanus inscriptus Gould, J. 1842. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 9. [Date published 1 Dec 1842] [pl. 42] (Error for E. scriptus) [subsequent misspelling].
Elanus scriptus victorianus Mathews, G.M. 1917. New subspecies and notes on species. Austral Avian Records 3(4): 69-78 [Date published 21 Jul 1917] [70].
Type data:
Lectotype AMNH 531575 Skin, Victoria = Woolonglong, Victoria.
Paralectotype(s) AMNH 531576 Skin, Victoria = Woolonglong, Victoria.
Type locality references:
Hartert, E. 1931. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 36: 184-190 [44]; Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [256]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [77].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Occupies open country and grasslands of arid and semi-arid central Australia but populations, and distribution, expands greatly when food plentiful before declining again back to central Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Letter-winged Kite)

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Genus Erythrotriorchis Sharpe, 1875

Erythrotriorchis Sharpe, R.B. 1875. Contributions to a history of the Accipitres, or birds of prey. Notes on the rarer Accipitres of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London [1875]: 337-339 [337].
Type species:
Falco radiatus Latham, 1801 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
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. [249]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [82].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

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Species Erythrotriorchis radiatus (Latham, 1801)

CAVS: 0223

Red Goshawk, Red Buzzard, Rufous-bellied Buzzard

Falco radiatus Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [xii].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown, New South Wales.
Secondary source:
Latham, J. 1801. Supplimentum II Indicus Ornithologici. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby pp.376. [53].
Haliaeetus caleyi Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [186].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.6 Skin, New Holland (New South Wales).
Type locality references:
Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [48].
Astur testaceus Kaup, J.J. 1847. Monograph of the genera of the Falconidae. subfamily Buteoninae. Isis von Oken. Isis von Oken 40(5): 325-386 [367] (Ex Ernest Ms. Replacement name for radiatus).
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), New South Wales.
Urospizia tricolor Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Tableau des oiseaux de proie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 6: 530-544 [538] (Nomen nudum).
Haliaetus caleii Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 1 viii 636 pp. [Date published Sep 1865] [40] [subsequent misspelling; misspelling of Haliaeetus caleyi Vigors & Horsfield].
Erythrotriorchis rufotibia Campbell, A.J. 1911. Description of a New Goshawk. Emu 10: 249-251 [249].
Type data:
Holotype NMV HLW.5370 Skin, Napier Broome Bay, Western Australia [14°17'S, 126°38'E].
Haliaeetus calei Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [247] [subsequent misspelling; misspelling of Haliaeetus caleyi Vigors & Horsfield, 1827].
Erythrotriorchis radiatus katherinae Mathews, G.M. 1916. List of additions of new sub-species to, and changes in, my "List of the Birds of Australia". Austral Avian Records 3(3): 53-68 [Date published 4 Apr 1916] [57] (Originally, and misspelled as E.r. katherine).
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 534013 Skin, Katherine River, Northern Territory = Cedar Bay, Queensland [15°49'S, 145°22'E].
Type locality references:
Hartert, E. 1931. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 36: 184-190 [42]; Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [268].
Erythrotriorchis radiatus queenslandicus Mathews, G.M. 1917. Additions and corrections to my list. Austral Avian Records 3: 127-128 [128].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 534013 Skin, Cedar Bay, Queensland [15°48'S, 145°20'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [268].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [122]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Red Buzzard, Rufous-bellied Buzzard)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Red Goshawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Red Goshawk)

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Genus Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809

Haliaeetus Savigny, M.J.-C.L. de 1809. Système des Oiseaux de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, présenté à l'assemblée générale de la Commisssion, le 29 Août 1808. 54 pp. 14 pls in, Description de l'Égypte; ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée Française [1798–1801]. Paris : l'Imprimerie Impériale Vol. 1 livr. 1 pp. 63-114. [publication dated as 1810] [68, 85].
Type species:
Haliaeetus nisus Savigny, 1809 (= Falco albicilla Linnaeus, 1758) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [83]; Stresemann, E.; Amadon, D. 1979. Falconiformes. pp.271-425 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [299]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [172].
Haliaetus Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Régne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. L'Introduction, les Mammiéres et les Oiseaux. Paris : Déterville Vol. 1 xxxvii 540 pp. [351] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809].
Haliaetos Bonaparte, C.L. 1826. The genera of North American Birds, and a synopsis of the species found in the United States. Part 1. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 2: 21-128 [24, 25] [incorrect subsequent spelling for Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809].
Haliaethus Lesson, R.P. 1831. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux. livr. 8. Paris : F.G. Levrault Vol. I xxxii + 659 pp. [654].
Halioetus Lesson 1841. Catalogue d'une faune du Département de la Charente Inférieure. Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 12(37): 1-66 [19] [misprint for Haliaetus Cuvier, 1816].
Haliaetus Sharpe, R.B. 1874. Catalogue of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Vol. 1 pp.xiii+479. [227, 301].
Type species:
Haliaetus albicillus Savigny, 1809 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

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Subgenus Haliaeetus (Pontoaetus) Kaup, 1844

Pontoaetus Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [122].
Type species:
Pontoaëtus macei Temminck, C.J., 1824 (= Falco leucoryphus Pallas, 1771) by subsequent designation, see Ridgway, R. 1874. Raptores - The birds of prey. pp.1-562 in Baird, S.F., Brewer, T.M., Ridgway, R. A history of North American Birds. Land Birds. Boston : Little, Brown, & Co. Vol. 3 pp.562 + xxviii. [320].
Secondary source:
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. [254]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [83].
Pontaetus Kaup, J.J. 1845. Ueber Falken. Museum Senckenberg Abhandlungen 3(3): 231-262 [261].
Type species:
Falco leucogaster Gmelin, 1788 by monotypy.
Blagrus Blyth, E. 1846. Notes on the Fauna of the Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15: 367-379 [369].
Type species:
Falco dimidiatus Raffles, T.S., 1822 (= Falco leucogaster Gmelin, 1788) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [83]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [172].
Pontoaetos Hartlaub, G. 1847. Systematischer Index zu Don Felix de Azara´s Apuntamientos para la historia natural de los páxaros del Paraguay y Río de la Plata. Bremen : C. Schünemann pp. [1] [emmendation of Pontoaetus Kaup, 1844].
Secondary source:
Friedmann, H. 1950. The birds of North and Middle America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 50(11): xiii + 793 [473].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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Species Haliaeetus (Pontoaetus) leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788)

CAVS: 0226

White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Sea Eagle, White-bellied Fish-Hawk, White-bellied Sea Eagle, White-breasted Sea Eagle

Falco leucogaster Gmelin, J.F. 1788. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer Vol. 1(1) 1-500 pp. [For publication date Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [285].
Falco blagrus Daudin, F.M. 1800. Traite elementaire et complet d'Ornithologie. Paris Vol. 2. [70].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown, South Africa = New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [83]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [83].
Haliaeetus sphenurus 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] [Pl. 39].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown, Tasmania.
Falco aquilus Strickland, H.E. in Strickland, H.E. & Jardine, W. (eds) 1855. Ornithological Synonyms Vol. 1. Accipitres. London : John van Voorst xlvi 222 pp. [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.] [53].
Haliaeetus leucogaster pallidus Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [248].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 535486 Skin, Point Torment, King Sound, Western Australia [17°02'S, 123°35'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [273].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [120]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Sea Eagle, White-bellied Fish-Hawk, White-bellied Sea Eagle, White-breasted Sea Eagle)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (White-bellied Sea-Eagle)

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Genus Haliastur Selby, 1840

Haliastur Selby, P.J. 1840. A Catalogue of the Generic and Sub-generic Types of the Class Aves, Birds, arranged according to the Natural System. Newcastle : T. & J. Hodgson 70 pp. [2 (note), 3].
Type species:
Haliastur pondicerianus Gmelin, 1788 (= Falco indus Boddaert, 1783) by original designation.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79].
Ictinoaetus Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [122] [new name for Haliastur Selby, 1840].
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79].
Dentiger Hodgson 1844. Catalogue of Nipalese birds, collected between 1824 and 1844. 81 in Hodgson, B.H. in Gray, J.E. The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Wurtz & Co. 86 pp. 3 pls. [published between 1831–1844] [81].
Type species:
Dentiger pondicerianus Gmelin, 1788 (= Falco indus Boddaert, 1784) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
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. [255]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79].
Milvaquila Burmeister, K.H.K. 1850. Verzeichniss der im zoologischen Museum der Universitae Halle-Wittenberg aufgestellten Saeugethiere, Voegel und Amphibien. Halle : Friedrichs- Universitat pp. [24].
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79].
Halinertus Heine, F. & Reichenow, A. 1890. Nomenclator Musei Heineani Ornithologici. Verzeichniss der Vogel-Sammlung des Königlichen Oberamtmanns Ferdinand Heine. Berlin : R. Friedländer pp. vi + 373. [267].
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79] (New name for Haliastur Selby, 1840).
Ictiniastur Mathews, G.M. 1915. The Birds of Australia. London : H.F. & G. Witherby Vol. 5 pp. [146].
Type species:
Milvus sphenurus Vieillot, L.P., 1818 by original designation.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79].
Ictinaetus Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent & Gassmann viii 393 pp. [published between 1846–1848] [194].

Introduction

Elevated to full genus status, following Christidis and Boles (2008: 114).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [114]

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Species Haliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783)

CAVS: 0227

Brahminy Kite, Red-backed Sea Eagle, Rufous-backed Sea Eagle, White-headed Sea Eagle

Falco indus Boddaert, P. 1783. Table des Planches Enluminéez d'Histoire Naturelle, de M. d'Aubenton. Avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precédé d'une Notice des Principaux Ouvrages Zoologiques enluminées. Utrecht : Boddaert xv 58 + 9 pp. [published Dec. 1783 International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1985. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Third edition adopted by the XX General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences. London : International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature xx 338 pp. [Art. 3]] [25].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [118]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Red-backed Sea Eagle, Rufous-backed Sea Eagle, White-headed Sea Eagle)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Brahminy Kite)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Brahminy Kite)

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Subspecies Haliastur indus girrenera (Vieillot, 1822)

CAVS: 8742

Haliaetus girrenera Vieillot, L.P. 1822. Galerie des Oiseaux du Cabinet d'Historie Naturelle du Jardin du Roi. Paris : Constant-Chantpie Vol. 1(1) pp. [31, pl. 10].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Australia = New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79-80].
Haliaeetus leucosternus 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] [Pl. 40].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ANSP 1893 (VN 168) Skin, New South Wales; ANSP VN 167 Unknown (Missing, never received by ANSP), Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Type locality references:
Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [26].
Haliaetus australis Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [249] [Gray Ms - Nomen nudum].
Haliaetus australis Mathews, G.M. 1917. New subspecies and notes on species. Austral Avian Records 3(4): 69-78 [Date published 21 Jul 1917] [70].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (There is a strong possibility that no type exists for this taxon as Mathews merely reused Gray's name), Parrys Creek, East Kimberly, Western Australia.
Haliastur indus subleucosternus Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [249].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 532273 Skin, Derby = Augustus Island, Western Australia [15°21'S, 124°32'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [260]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [80].
Haliaeetus lecosternus Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 1 viii 636 pp. [Date published Sep 1865] [17] [subsequent misspelling; misspelling of Haliaeetus leucosternus Gould].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

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Species Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818)

CAVS: 0228

Whistling Kite, Carrion Hawk, Whistling Eagle, Whistling Eagle-Hawk

Milvus sphenurus Vieillot, L.P. 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'Agriculture, à l'Écomomie rurale et domestique, à la Médecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle Édition. Paris : Déterville Vol. 20. [564].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP C.G: 1999-2143 Skin, Australasia = New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [80]; Voisin C. & Voisin J.-F. 2001. Liste des types d'oiseaux des collections du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. 8 : Rapaces diurnes (Accipitridés), première partie. Zoosystema 23(1): 173-190 [177].
Haliaeetus canorus Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [187].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.7 Skin, New Holland (New South Wales).
Type locality references:
Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [50].
Haliastur sphenurus (Gould, 1838).
Haliastur sphenurus territori Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1: 81-103 [Date published 18 Sep 1912] [88].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 532299 Skin, Daly River, Northern Territory [13°46'S, 130°43'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [260].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [118]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Carrion Hawk, Whistling Eagle, Whistling Eagle-Hawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Whistling Kite)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Whistling Kite)

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Genus Hamirostra T. Brown, 1846

Hamirostra Brown, T. 1846. Illustrations of the Genera of Birds. London & Edinburgh : Smith & Elder Part 1-14 pp. [pt 8: 12].
Type species:
Hamirostra montana Brown, T., 1846 (= Buteo melanosternon Gould, 1840) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79]; Stresemann, E.; Amadon, D. 1979. Falconiformes. pp.271-425 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [296].
Gypoictinia Kaup, J.J. 1847. Die Genera die Milvinae. Isis von Oken 49(2): Col. 83-121 [114].
Type species:
Buteo melanosternon Gould, J., 1841 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [79].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Species Hamirostra melanosternon (Gould, 1841)

CAVS: 0231

Black-breasted Buzzard, Black-breasted Kite

Buteo melanosternon Gould, J. 1841. [Untitled]. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London [1840]: 159-165 [162].
Type data:
Lectotype ANSP 1965 (VN 156) Skin, Interior of New South Wales (200 miles north of Sydney).
Paralectotype(s) ANSP 1964 (VN 155) Skin, Interior of New South Wales (200 miles north of Sydney).
Subsequent designation references:
Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [25].
Hamirostra montana Brown, T. 1846. Illustrations of the Genera of Birds. London & Edinburgh : Smith & Elder Part 1-14 pp. [pt 8: 12].
Gypoictinia melanosterna decepta Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [250].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 532147 Skin, Parrys Creek, East Kimberly, Western Australia [15°36'S 128°17'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [260].
Gypoictinia melanosterna Sharpe, R.B. 1874. Catalogue of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Vol. 1 pp.xiii+479. [335] (An amendment to spelling of melanosternon).
Gypoictinia leucosternon Kaup, J.J. 1850. Corrigirte Uebersicht der Falconidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 16(1): 27-41 [33] [based on Buteo Gould, 1840].
Secondary source:
Sharpe, R.B. 1874. Catalogue of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Vol. 1 pp.xiii+479. [335].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [118]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Black-breasted Kite)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Black-breasted Buzzard)

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Genus Hieraaetus Kaup, 1844

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

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Subgenus Hieraaetus (Hieraaetus) Kaup, 1844

Hieraaetus Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [120].
Type species:
Falco pennatus Gmelin, 1788 by original designation.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [84].
Hieraetus Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [120].
Type species:
Falco pennatus Gmelin, 1788 by original designation.
Secondary source:
Sharpe, R.B. 1874. Catalogue of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Vol. 1 pp.xiii+479. [301].
Hieraetus Gray, G.R. 1845. The genera of birds: comprising Their Generic characters, notice of the habits of each Genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. London : British Museum Trustees Vol. 1 pp.300 + 72 pl. [14] [new name for Hieraaëtus Kaup, 1844].
Hieracaaetus Giebel, C.G.A. 1874. Thesaurus ornithologiae. Repertorium der gesammten ornithologischen Literatur und Nomenclatur Sämmtlicher Gattungen und Arten der Vögel nebst Synonymen und geographischer Verbreitung. Leipzig : F.A. Brockhaus Vol. 2(fasc. 1) vi + 787 pp. [331] [new name (suggested correction) for Hieraaëtus Kaup, 1844].
Hieracaetus Agassiz, J.L.R. 1846. Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum. Soloduri : Sumtibus et typis Jent et Gassmann. 1-1135 pp. [523].
Type species:
Aquila pennata Gmelin, 1788 by monotypy.
Hieroaetus Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus Generum Avium. Tom. I. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill 543 pp. [Date published 24 Jun 1850] [13] [nomen nudum, ex Kaup, 1820].
Jeraetus Kaup, J.J. 1850. Corrigirte Uebersicht der Falconidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 16(1): 27-41 [36].
Type species:
Aquila morphnoides Gould, J., 1841 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

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Species Hieraaetus (Hieraaetus) morphnoides (Gould, 1841)

CAVS: 0225

Little Eagle, Australian Little Eagle

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [120]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Australian Little Eagle)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Little Eagle)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Little Eagle)

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Subspecies Hieraaetus (Hieraaetus) morphnoides morphnoides (Gould, 1841)

CAVS: 8749

Aquila morphnoides Gould, J. 1841. [Untitled]. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London [1840]: 159-165 [61].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 1733 (VN 171) Skin, Yarrundi, Hunter River, New South Wales.
Type locality references:
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, Philadelphia 109: 123-246 [145]; Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [30].
Aquila morphnoides coongani Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [248].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 535063 Skin, Coongan River, Western Australia [20°35'S, 119°36'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [271].
Hieraetus cristatus Blyth, E. 1846. Notices and Descriptions of various new or Little Known Species of Birds. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15: 1-54 [4].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), locality unknown.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

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Genus Lophoictinia Kaup, 1847

Lophoictinia Kaup, J.J. 1847. Die Genera die Milvinae. Isis von Oken 49(2): Col. 83-121 [113].
Type species:
Milvus isurus Gould, J., 1837 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
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. [257]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [78].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Species Lophoictinia isura (Gould, 1838)

CAVS: 0230

Square-tailed Kite

Milvus isurus Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 3 pp. [Pl. 47 and text].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Australia = New South Wales.
Milvus novaehollandiae Gould, J. 1838. Untitled. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1837): 96-100 [99].
Milvus isurus westraliensis Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [250].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 532146 Skin, Near Perth, Western Australia [31°57'S, 115°52'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [260].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [118]

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Square-tailed Kite)

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Genus Milvus Lacépède, 1799

Milvus Lacépède, B.G.É. (as Lacepède) 1799. Discours d'Ouverture et de Clôture du Cours d'Histoire Naturelle Donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1'an VII de la République, et tableaux méthodiques des mammifères et des oiseaux. Paris : Plassan 94 pp. [publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. 1899. Lacepède's 'Tableaux...des mammifères et des oiseaux,' 1799. Nat. Sci., Lond. 15: 406–409 [409]] [4].
Type species:
Milvus vulgaris Selby, P.J., 1833 (= Falco milvus Linnaeus, 1758) by Linnaean tautonymy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [78]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [169].
Milvus Brisson, M.-J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la Division des oiseaux en Ordres, Sectiones, Genres, Espèces & leurs Variétés. Paris : J.-B. Bauche Vol. I xxiv 526 lxxiii pp. XXXVII pls. [414, pl. 33] [non generic].
Hydroictinia Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [115].
Type species:
Hydroictinia ater Kaup, 1844 (= Accipiter korschun Gmelin, 1771) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [78].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Species Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)

CAVS: 0229

Black Kite, Allied Kite, Fork-tailed Kite, Kimberley Hawk, Kite, Kite-Hawk

Falco migrans Boddaert, P. 1783. Table des Planches Enluminéez d'Histoire Naturelle, de M. d'Aubenton. Avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precédé d'une Notice des Principaux Ouvrages Zoologiques enluminées. Utrecht : Boddaert xv 58 + 9 pp. [published Dec. 1783 International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1985. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Third edition adopted by the XX General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences. London : International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature xx 338 pp. [Art. 3]] [28].
Falco niger Brisson, M.-J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la Division des oiseaux en Ordres, Sectiones, Genres, Espèces & leurs Variétés. Paris : J.-B. Bauche Vol. I xxiv 526 lxxiii pp. XXXVII pls. [413].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [118]

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [15] (Allied Kite, Fork-tailed Kite, Kimberley Hawk, Kite, Kite-Hawk)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Black Kite)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [118] (Black Kite)

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Subspecies Milvus migrans affinis Gould, 1838

CAVS: 8741

Milvus affinis Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 3 pp. [Pl. 47 and text].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 1920 (VN 154) Skin, Australia = New South Wales.
Type locality references:
Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [25].
Milvus aterrimus Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additional notes. Austral Avian Records 1: 127-128 [128] [replacement name; n.n. for M. affinis Gould, 1838].
Milvus korshun napieri Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [249].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 532065 Skin, Napier Broome Bay, Western Australia.
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [259].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Distribution References

Menkhorst, P., Rogers, D., Clarke, R., Davies, J., Marsack, P. & Franklin, K. 2019. The Australian Bird Guide. Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing 2nd, pp. 576. [226]

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Subfamily Pandioninae Bonaparte, 1854

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2010–2014 - Wayne Longmore, Museum Victoria

2008 - ABRS — valid names in database modified to conform with Christidis & Boles (2008)

2008 - Upgrade of Charadriiformes by N.W. Longmore, Museum Victoria

2006 - Upgrade of Passeriformes by N.W. Longmore, Museum Victoria

2002 - R. Schodde & I.J. Mason, CSIRO Australian National Wildlife Collection, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — data on Columbidae–Coracaciidae taken from Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 37.2; other names added from list provided by R. Schodde

Pandioninae Sclater, P.L. & Salvin, O. 1873. Nomenclator avium neotropicalium. London : J.W. Elliot pp.viii + 163. [118] [emendation].
Type genus:
Pandion Savigny, 1809.
Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [260].
Pandioneae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [110].
Type genus:
Pandion Savigny, 1809.
Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132].

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Genus Pandion Savigny, 1809

Pandion Savigny, M.J.-C.L. de 1809. Système des Oiseaux de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, présenté à l'assemblée générale de la Commisssion, le 29 Août 1808. 54 pp. 14 pls in, Description de l'Égypte; ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée Française [1798–1801]. Paris : l'Imprimerie Impériale Vol. 1 livr. 1 pp. 63-114. [publication dated as 1810] [69].
Type species:
Pandion fluvialis Savigny, 1809 (= Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, 1758) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [76]; Stresemann, E.; Amadon, D. 1979. Falconiformes. pp.271-425 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [278].
Triorches Leach, W.E. 1816. Systematic Catalogue of the Specimens of the Indigenous Mammals and Birds that are preserved in the British Museum. London : British Museum 42 pp. [10].
Type species:
Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
Secondary source:
Sharpe, R.B. 1874. Catalogue of the Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Vol. 1 pp.xiii+479. [448].
Triorches Forster, T. 1817. A Synoptical Catalogue of British Birds. London : Nichols, Son & Bentley pp.iv + 64. [1].
Type species:
Triorches fluvialis Leach, 1816 (= Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, 1758) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
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. [266]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [76].
Balbusardus Fleming, J. 1828. A History of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, mollusca, and radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh (London) : Bell & Bradfute (and James Duncan) xxiii, 565 pp. [51] [new name for Pandion Savigny, 1809].
Type species:
Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, C., 1758 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
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. [266]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [76].
Balbursardus Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [76] [error for Balbusardus Fleming, 1828].
Triorchis Kaup, J. 1829. Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und Natürliches System der Europäischen Thierwelt. Leipzig : C.W. Leske xii 204 pp. [84].
Type species:
Falco lagopus Gmelin, 1788 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Pandion cristatus (Vieillot, 1816)

CAVS: 8739

Eastern Osprey, Fish Hawk, Osprey, White-headed Osprey

Buteo cristatus Vieillot, L.P. 1816. New Dictionary of Natural History , applied arts, agriculture, rural and domestic Écomomie in medicine, etc..By a company of naturalists and farmers. Paris : Chez Deterville Vol. 4 pp. [481].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.C. n° 272, N.C. n° 1041 Skin (Type locality also listed as 'Nouvelle Hollande' = New South Wales (Condon, 1975, p. 76)), Java, Indonesia.
Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [76]; Voisin C. & Voisin J.-F. 2001. Liste des types d'oiseaux des collections du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. 8 : Rapaces diurnes (Accipitridés), première partie. Zoosystema 23(1): 173-190 [175].
Pandion leucocephalus 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] [Pl. 41].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ANSP 2301 (VN 159) Skin, Récherche Bay, Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) [43°33'S, 146°54E]; ANSP 2302 (VN 160) Skin, Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°00'S, 115°31'E]; LIVCM D.297 Skin, Port Essington, Northern Territory [11°15'S, 132°08'E].
Type locality references:
Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [23].
Pandion gouldi Kaup, J.J. 1847. Monograph of the genera of the Falconidae. Isis von Oken 40: 241-283 [270] [new name for Pandion leucocephalus Gould].
Pandion haliaetus australis Burmeister, K.H.K. 1850. Verzeichniss der im zoologischen Museum der Universitae Halle-Wittenberg aufgestellten Saeugethiere, Voegel und Amphibien. Halle : Friedrichs- Universitat pp. [24].
Pandion haliaetus melvillensis Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1(2): 25-52 [Date published 2 Apr 1912] [34].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 536682 Skin, Melville Island, Northern Territory [11°33'S, 130°56'E].
Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [274].

Generic Combinations

Pandion haliaetus cristatus (Vieillot, 1816). —
Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [254]
Pandion cristatus. —
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [117]

Introduction

Christidis & Boles raised P. haliaetus cristatus to species level based on the work of Wink et al. (2004) who used the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene to demonstrate that genetic differences between three of the four P. haliaetus subspecies were similar to that of other distinct raptor species. This treatment has not gained widespread acceptance and we retain the more traditional arrangement of placing P. cristatus as a subspecies of P. haliaetus until a more detailed analysis can resolve this issue.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Has been recorded in the ACT; also Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

IBRA

IMCRA

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [116]

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. (revised status to full species)

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [16] (Fish Hawk, Osprey, White-headed Osprey)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Eastern Osprey)

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		01-May-2014	MODIFIED

Species Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758)

CAVS: 0241

Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [91].

Generic Combinations

Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1854). —
Savigny, M.J.-C.L. de 1809. Système des Oiseaux de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, présenté à l'assemblée générale de la Commisssion, le 29 Août 1808. 54 pp. 14 pls in, Description de l'Égypte; ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée Française [1798–1801]. Paris : l'Imprimerie Impériale Vol. 1 livr. 1 pp. 63-114. [publication dated as 1810] [69, 95] (changed combination as type species of the genus Pandion (as Pandion fluvialis Savigny 1809 = Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, 1758))

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

North Africa, Europe, Japan, SE Asia

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Species Inquirenda

Falco melanops Latham, J. 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive Systema Ornithologiae; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. London : Leigh & Sotheby Vol. 1 & 2 xviii 920 pp. [37].
Secondary source:
Mathews, G.M. 1913. A List of the Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. xxvii 1-453, 1 map. [327] (listed as nomen inquirendum in Appendix B).
Falco pacificus Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [xiii].
Secondary source:
Mathews, G.M. 1913. A List of the Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. xxvii 1-453, 1 map. [327] (listed as nomen inquirendum in Appendix B).

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Order ACCIPITRIFORMES

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Family ACCIPITRIDAE Vigors, 1824

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