Subspecies Biziura lobata lobata Shaw, 1796
Western Musk Duck
- Anas lobata Shaw, G. in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. (ill.) 1796. The Naturalist's Miscellany; or coloured figures of natural objects drawn and described immediately from nature. London : Nodder Vol. VIII pls 255-300. [Pl. 255 & accompanying text] (pages not numbered).
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (possibly in Natural History Museum, London), New Holland. - Biziura lobata westralis Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1: 81-103 [Date published 18 Sep 1912] [87].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH AMNH 734130 Skin, Herdsman's Lake, Western Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Biziura lobata (Shaw, 1796). —
Eyton, T.C. 1838. A Monograph on the Anatidae or Duck Tribe. London : Longman. [168] - Biziura lobata lobata (Shaw, 1796). —
Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1: 81-103 [Date published 18 Sep 1912] [87]
Introduction
Guay et al. (2010) provide evidence for treating the eastern and western populations of B. lobata as separate subspecies.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Primarily southwest WA
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
- Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2004. Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) Edn 7, pp. 382. [66] (as Biziura lobata, western distribution)
General References
Guay, P.-J., Chesser, R.T., Mulder, R.A., Afton, A.D., Paton, D.C. & McCracken, K.G. 2010. East–west genetic differentiation in Musk Ducks (Biziura lobata) of Australia suggests late Pleistocene divergence at the Nullarbor Plain. Conservation Genetics 11: 2105-2120
Common Name References
Guay, P.-J., Chesser, R.T., Mulder, R.A., Afton, A.D., Paton, D.C. & McCracken, K.G. 2010. East–west genetic differentiation in Musk Ducks (Biziura lobata) of Australia suggests late Pleistocene divergence at the Nullarbor Plain. Conservation Genetics 11: 2105-2120 (Western Musk Duck)
Mathews, G.M. 1915. The Birds of Australia. London : H.F. & G. Witherby Vol. 4 xii + 334 pp. [143] (Western Musk Duck)
History of changes
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