Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Subspecies Cacatua (Licmetis) sanguinea normantoni (Mathews, 1917)

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Subspecies Cacatua (Licmetis) sanguinea normantoni (Mathews, 1917)

  • Ducorpsius sanguineus normantoni Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pts 2 pp.105-516 pls 283-324. [Date published Sept. 1917: publication dated as 1916–1917] [211].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) AMNH 619783 ♂ adult (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Normanton, QLD; AMNH 619784 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Normanton, QLD; AMNH 619785 ♀ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Normanton, QLD; AMNH 619786 ♀ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Normanton, QLD; AMNH 619787 ♀ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Normanton, QLD; AMNH 619788 ♀ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Normanton, QLD
    Comment: for identification of syntypes, 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.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal-subcoastal W Cape York Peninsula, north to the lower Wenlock River, and south and west around east head of Gulf of Carpentaria to lower reaches of Norman-Flinders-Cloncurry Rivers drainage system—also Wellesley Ils; probably integrades with C. s. gymnopis Sclater, 1871 south and west from south-east head of Gulf of Carpentaria.


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: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low woodland, nomadic, root-feeder, sedentary, terrestrial, tussock grassland, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, feeds communally on the ground on seeds and bulbs, flocks in small to moderate sized groups, flies with regular wing beats and frequent gliding, nests in tree hollows lined with wood debris, both parents incubate and feed yellow-downed chicks, wanders locally or regionally to 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)
29-Feb-2012 29-Feb-2012 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)