Species Ailuroedus crassirostris (Paykull, 1815)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lanius crassirostris Paykull, G. 1815. Lanius crassirostris, avis antea ignotae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7: 282-285 [283].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 185 unsexed, NSW: Nova Hollandia (=Sydney).
• Coracina viridis Vieillot, L.P. 1817. 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 edition. Paris : Déterville Vol. 8. [9].
• Kitta virescens Temminck, C.J. in Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1826. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux Planches enluminées de Buffon. 67 livr. Paris : G. Levrault. [pl. 396].
• Ptilonorhynchus viridis Stephens, J.F. 1826. In, General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S. & C. Aves. London : J. & A. Arch etc. Vol. XIV Pt I 385 pp. pls 1-41. [published late 1826] [71].
• Ptilonorhynchus smithii 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] [264].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.52 Adult (not sighted), Watham River, New South Wales.

  Type locality references:

  Warren, R.L.M. & Harrison, C.J.O. 1971. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2 Passerines. London : British Museum vi 628 pp. [516].
• Ptilonorhynchus smithi RAOU Checklist Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1926. Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union x 212 pp. [110] [incorrect subsequent spelling of Ptilonorhynchus smithii Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 in synonymy — deemed identical and unavailable: ICdZN Arts. 11.6, 33.4 and 58.14].
• Ailuroedus crassirostris blaauwi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [439].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 679627 unknown, NSW: Richmond River.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ailuroedus crassirostris crassirostris (Paykull, 1815). —
  Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [438] (with description of A. crassirostris blaauwi subsp. n.)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Southeast QLD and northeast NSW

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, subtropical rainforest, tropical rainforest.

 

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. (Green Catbird)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	07-Nov-2020	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	PASSERIFORMES	18-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)