Australian Biological Resources Study

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Subspecies Alisterus scapularis minor Mathews, 1911

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CAVS: 8917

Subspecies Alisterus scapularis minor Mathews, 1911

  • Alisterus cyanopygius minor Mathews, G.M. 1911. Two new Australian birds. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 23 [23] [holotype mis-cited as G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 332 in protologue—corrected by Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306, with specification of type locality].
    Type data:
     Holotype AMNH 621912 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 1041), Mt Sapphire, near Cairns, QLD (as Cairns, North Queensland).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Uplands of coastal NE QLD, north to Mt Amos, inland to Windsor, Atherton and Evelyn tablelands, and south to Seaview-Paluma Ranges.


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

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, florivore, frugivorous, gregarious, mellivore, nomadic, resident, tall forest, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, in montane rain- and tall eucalypt-forests, feeds in trees on fruits, nuts, seeds, nectar, blossoms and shoots, flocks in small groups, flies directly with even wing beats and little gliding, nests on bed of wood dust in tree hollows, wanders locally to seasonal food sources.

 

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 01-Mar-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)