Genus Aprosmictus Gould, 1842

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Genus Aprosmictus Gould, 1842

Aprosmictus Gould, J. 1842. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5(8) 92 pls. [published Sept. 1842, publication dated 1848 in Vol. 5] [text to pls 17, 18] [published without description but based by reference on both Psittacus scapulatus Kuhl, 1820 (=Alisterus scapulatus (Lichtenstein, 1816)) and Psittacus erythropterus Gmelin, 1788, and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5); first read at meeting of Zoological Society of London, Aug. 9, 1842, but not published in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1842: 111–112 until Jan. 1843, see Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440; misapplied to Alisterus Mathews, 1911 by 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.] 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, see 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)].
Type species:
Psittacus erythropterus Gmelin, 1788 by subsequent designation, see 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. [Vol. 2 p. 408 no. 23] (Mar. 1846).
Secondary source:
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.; 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].
Ptistes Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 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.] [37] [introduced in misapplication for Aprosmictus Gould, 1842; published without description but based by reference on Psittacus erythropterus Gmelin, 1788, Ptistes coccineopterus Gould, 1865 and Platycercus vulneratus Wagler, 1832 (=Aprosmictus jonquillaceus (Vieillot, 1818)), and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5)].
Type species:
Psittacus erythropterus Gmelin, 1788 by subsequent designation, see Reichenow, A. 1881. Conspectus Psittacorum. Systematische Uebersicht aller bekannten Papageienarten. Journal of Ornithology 29: 1-49, 113-177, 225-289, 337-398 [125].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 3 pp. 217-296 pls 291-299. [Date published 17 Apr. 1917: volume dated as 1916–1917] [277-278]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications: PSITTACIDAE: Psittacus jonquillaceus Vieillot, 1818 — Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp. [331] (as Aprosmictus jonquillaceus (Vieillot, 1818), cf. Hellmayr, C.E. (1914))

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South New Guinea and east Lesser Sundas (Timor, Roti and Wetar).

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, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland
- Western Australia: N coastal