Subgenus Anthochaera (Xanthomyza) Swainson, 1837

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• Xanthomyza 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.] [326] [originally published as Zanthomiza, but emended diversely since; of the emendations, Xanthomyza (from Strickland 1841) is the only one in general use since Salomonsen, Peters' Check-List of Birds of the World 12(1967: 435) — it is retained here, attributed to Swainson, pending application to the ICmZN for its official listing, under the authorship of Swainson: ICdZN Art. 82; spelled as Zanthomyza, by Christidis & Boles (2008), a presumed unjustified emendation of Xanthomyza Swainson, 1837].

  Type species:

   Merops phrygius Shaw, 1794 by monotypy.
• Zanthomyza Gray, G.R. 1846. The Genera of Birds: comprising their generic characters, notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 3 669 pp. clxxxv pls. [a presumed unjustified emendation of Xanthomyza Swainson, 1837].
• Xanthomiza Mathews, G.M. 1930. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. Pt 2 pp. London : British Ornithologists' Union pp. 427-1048. [757] [unjustified emendation of Xanthomyza Swainson, 1837].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, 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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria

General References

Abbott, I. 1972. Birds of Bass Strait. Evolution and ecology of the avifaunas of some Bass Strait islands, and comparisons with those of Tasmania and Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 85: 197-223 (Xanthomyza a subgenus within Anthochaera)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)