Species Acanthiza (Geobasileus) inornata Gould, 1841

• Acanthiza inornata Gould, J. 1841. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Dec. 8, 1840. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 168-178 [Date published Jul 1841: publication dated 1840] [171].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANSP 17581 ♀, Western Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1881.2.18.206 adult ♀, WA: Swan River.
• Acanthiza mastersi North, A.J. 1901. Description of a new species of insectivorous bird. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 12(11): 1425 [Date published Nov 1901] [1425].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM O.23684 adult ♂, WA: King George Sound; AM O.13548 adult ♀, WA: King George Sound.
• Acanthiza inornata submastersi 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] [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype 600767 adult ♂, WA: Stirling Range [34°23'S, 117°50'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 600766 ♂, WA: Yetemerup [34°20S, 117°55E]; AMNH 600768 ♂, WA: Yetemerup [34°20S, 117°55E]; AMNH 600769 ♂, WA: Yetemerup [34°20S, 117°55E]; AMNH 600770 ♀, WA: Yetemerup [34°20S, 117°55E]; AMNH 600771 ♀, WA: Yetemerup [34°20S, 117°55E].

  Type locality references:

  LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [148].
• Acanthiza inornata strellyi Mathews, G.M. 1913. New species and subspecies of Australian birds. Austral Avian Records 2: 73-79 [published Dec.] [76].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 600748 Unsexed, WA: Strelley (= Strelly) River [20°27S, 119°00'E].

  Type locality references:

  LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [147].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Casuarina-cypress woodland, dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, temperate eucalypt.

 

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [44] (Western Thornbill, Bark-tit, Masters' Tit, Plain-coloured Tit)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2018	ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854	05-Dec-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)