Species Acrocephalus (Acrocephalus) orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Salicaria turdina orientalis Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1847. Aves. In, Siebold, P. von (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio animalium, qual in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiotum, qui summum in India Batavia Imperium tenent … Lugduni Batavorum. Arnz & Soc. [50].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RMNH 89449 ♂, Japan.
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH 90659 ♀, Japan; RMNH 90660 ♀, Borneo; RMNH 90661 ♀, Indonesia: Makassar, Celebes; RMNH 90662 unsexed, Indonesia: Sumatra.

  Secondary source:

   Dekker, R.W.R.J., Dickinson, E.C. & Morioka, H. 2001. Systematic notes on Asian birds. 18. Some nomenclatural issues relating to Japanese taxa described in the Planches Coloriées (1820-1839) and Fauna Japonica, Aves (1844-1850). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 335: 199-214 [211].
• Acrocephalus australis melvillensis Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1: 73-80 [Date published 28 Jun 1912] [77].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Lignum or cane grass swamp.

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)