Subspecies Acrocephalus (Acrocephalus) australis gouldi Dubois, 1901

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• Acrocephalus gouldi Dubois, A.J.C. 1901. Synopsis avium: nouveua manuel d'ornithologie. Bruxelles : H. Lammertin Vol. 1. [369].
• Calamoherpe longirostris Gould, J. 1845. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, March 25, 1845. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 18-20 [published Apr.] [20] [junior secondary homonym of Turdus longirostris Gmelin, 1789 = Acrocephalus caffer (Sparrman, 1786) in Acrocephalus Naumannn & Naumann, 1811].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 16761 ♂, WA: King George Sound.

  Type locality references:

  Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 9 pp. 242-518. [Date published 3 Aug 1922] [355] (selection of type locality).
• Acrocephalus australis carterae Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [345].

 

Introduction

We retain Acrocephalus australis carterae Mathews, 1912 as a synonym of A. australis gouldi following Schodde & Mason (1999) and Kennerley & Pearson (2010)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Lignum or cane grass swamp.

 

General References

Kennerley, P. & Pearson, D. 2010. Reed and Bush Warblers. London : Christopher Helm pp. 712.

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.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	09-Nov-2020	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)