Subspecies Aprosmictus erythropterus erythropterus Gmelin, 1788
- Psittacus erythropterus Gmelin, J.F. 1788. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer Vol. 1(1) 1-500 pp. [For publication date Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [343] [based on the Crimson-winged Parrot in Latham, J. 1781. A General Synopsis of Birds. London : B. White Vol. 1 Pt 1 vi 416 pp. I–XVI pls, in turn based on material received via Thomas Pennant from Joseph Banks collected on James Cook's first voyage to Australasia and deposited perhaps in the Leverian Museum, London, see Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 3 pp. 217–296 pls 291–299 [17 Apr. 1917, volume dated as 1916–1917] (281); Hindwood, K.A. 1944. Notes on the type locality of the Red-winged Parrot. Emu 44: 72–73; this material has since been dispersed and lost, see entries under Psittacus multicolor Gmelin, 1788, P. novaehollandiae Gmelin, 1788 (316), P. elegans Gmelin, 1788 and P. adscitus Latham, 1790; of the several landfalls made by Cook in the range of this species, parrots other than lorikeets appear to have been recorded only at Endeavour River, QLD, see Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp. (13–17)—that site is accepted here as the type locality of Psittacus erythropterus Gmelin, 1788 cf. Hindwood, K.A. 1944. Notes on the type locality of the Red-winged Parrot. Emu 44: 72–73; Whittell, H.M. 1954. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology. Perth : Paterson Brokensha xi 116 788 pp.].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (lost), Endeavour River, QLD (published without locality).Type locality references:
Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [209] (cf. Latham, J. 1787. Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds. London : Leigh & Sotheby iii 298 pp. pls CVII–CXIX [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] [60]). - Psittacus melanotus Shaw, G. in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. (ill.) 1805. The Naturalist's Miscellany; or coloured figures of natural objects drawn and described immediately from nature. London : Nodder Vol. XVI pls 637-684. [text to pl. 653] [also as incorrect subsequent spelling, melanotis by Gray, G.R. 1849. The Genera of Birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 3 Vols 669 pp. CLXXXV pls [published between 1844–1849 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.] (Vol. 2, p. 408, no. 23, Mar. 1846); source material not specified in protologue nor in subsequent references].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ adult (figured on pl. 653 in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. (op. cit.)), New South Wales (as Australasia).Type locality references:
Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912]. - Aprosmictus erythropterus parryensis Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [268].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 621677 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll no. 8402), Point Torment, King Sound, WA (as North-West Australia (Parry's Creek), in error)
Comment: for identification of holotype and type locality, see 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. - Aprosmictus erythropterus yorki Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List. Austral Avian Records 1(5): 118-120 [Date published 24 Dec 1912] [118].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 621761 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 13790), Utingu, Cape York, QLD (as Cape York)
Comment: for identification of holotype and type locality, see 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. - Aprosmictus erythropterus melvillensis Zietz, F.R. 1914. The avifauna of Melville Island, Northern Territory. South Australian Ornithologist 1(1): 11-18 [14].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA B1336 ♂, Melville Is., NT
Comment: for identification of holotype, see Condon, H.T. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum IV. Birds. Records of the South Australian Museum 17: 189–193.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mees, G.F. 1982. Birds from the lowlands of southern New Guinea (Merauke and Koembe). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 191: 1-188 4 pls [81-83]
Generic Combinations
- Aprosmictus erythropterus (Gmelin, 1788). —
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 pl. 18] - Aprosmictus erythropterus erythropterus (Gmelin, 1788). —
Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [268]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, nomadic, open forest, resident, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds in trees and shrubs in eucalypt woodlands and open forest on fruits and seeds, (sometimes on ground), rather solitary or in small groups, flies erratically with deep jerked wing beats, nests on bed of wood debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear whitish-downed, dull orange-yellow-billed chicks, wanders locally to seasonal food sources.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| AVES | 05-Nov-2020 | ADDED |