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Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Alisterus Mathews, 1911

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Genus Alisterus Mathews, 1911

  • Alisterus Mathews, G.M. 1911. On some necessary alterations in the nomenclature of birds. Pt II. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 1-22 [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1913. New generic names, with some notes on others. Austral Avian Records 2: 55–62] [13] [published without description but based by reference on descriptions cited below and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(1) and (5); concept based on circumscriptions in Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould 2 629 pp. [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.], to which Aprosmictus Gould, 1842 was misapplied, and Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls].
    Type species:
     Psittacus cyanopygius Vieillot, 1818 by original designation.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PSITTACIDAE: Psittacus tabuanus Shaw, 1796 [chosen here over alternative spelling Psittacus tabuarus Shaw, 1796 (loc. cit.) under ICZN Art. 24, being based partly on Psittacus scapularis Lichtenstein, 1816 and partly on 'Psittacus tabuensis Latham' =Prosopeia tabuensis (Gmelin, 1788) of Fiji (in synonymy), the type of which is chosen here as lectotype of Psittacus tabuanus Shaw, 1796 cf. Mathews (1917: 291, 293)]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea, Moluccas, Peleng and Sula Ils.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • Victoria

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020 AVES 10-Nov-2020 MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020 28-Feb-2020 MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020 MODIFIED