Subspecies Alectura lathami lathami J.E. Gray, 1831
Australian Brush-turkey
- Alectura lathami Gray, J.E. 1831. Description of three new species of fish, including two undescribed genera, discovered by John Reeves, Esq., in China. Zoological Miscellany 1: 4-5 [4].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Old Vellum Cat. 35.113a Relaxed mount, New Holland (near Sydney, New South Wales). - Catheturus australis 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.] [206].
- Catheturus novaehollandiae Bonaparte, C.L.J.L. 1856. Mémoires et communications. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles xliii: 593-602 [876].
- Alectura lathami robinsoni Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [177].
Type data:
Lectotype AMNH 539239 Skin (Designation by Hartert 1929: 44), Mt Sapphire, Queensland. - Meliagris lindsayii Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1893. Catalogue of the Game Birds (Pterocletes, Gallinae, Opistocomi, Hemipodii) in the collection of the BritishMuseum. London : Trustees, British Museum Vol. 22 pp.xvi+585. [468] [as synonym of M. lathamii (ex Jamieson 1835)].
Introduction
Introduced to Kangaroo Island in 1936 and initially thought to have been unsuccessful (Long, 1981), however Carpenter & Horton (1999) reported on a widespread breeding population in the SW of the island.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cooktown, QLD to around Wollongong, NSW, mostly east of the Great Dividing Range, and introduced to Kangaroo Island, SA. Historically recorded from west of the GDR, based on museum specimens, but now absent due to hunting and habitat loss.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Kanmantoo (KAN), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
- Long, J.L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World. The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Illustrated by Susan Tingay. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 528 pp.
- Marchant, S. & Higgins, P.J. (eds) 1993. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Vol. 2. [342]
- 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. [212]
General References
Carpenter, G. & Horton, P. 1999. Birds. pp. 205-224 in Robinson, A.C. & Armstrong, D.M. (eds). A Biological Survey of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 1989 & 1990. Adelaide : Heritage and Biodiversity Section, Department of Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs, South Australia. (breeding population in SW of Kangaroo Island)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 02-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | 04-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2020 | 04-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |