Subspecies Cacatua (Licmetis) sanguinea sanguinea Gould, 1843

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• Cacatua sanguinea Gould, J. 1843. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Oct. 11, 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842(10): 131-140 [Date published Feb 1843: publication dated 1842] [138] [although no types were designated by Gould in the original description, it is clear from his account in Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5 92 pls pp. [Pt 8, 1842] (text to pl. 3 in Pt 10, Mar. 1843), which appeared only a month later, that he had a number of specimens at hand when describing this species, including a specimen from Captain W. Chambers cf. Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246; two of the syntypes are figured on pl. 3 in Gould, J. 1843. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Oct. 11, 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842(10): 131–140 [publication dated 1842 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.]; for identification of syntypes, see 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 (128); Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246; Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp., and for a confused account of them, see Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 2 pp. 105–216 pls 283–290 [6 Feb. 1917 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.] (209); lectotypification effected under ICZN Art. 74(a) & (b)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1881.5.1.4661 ♀ adult, Port Essington, NT (as North coast of Australia).
  Paralectotype(s) ANSP 22234 unsexed (Verreaux cat. no. 884); BMNH (no. unspecified, ex Captain W. Chambers coll.); BMNH no. unspecified (ex Captain W. Chambers coll.).

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [128] (see <0051>; cf. <0040>; <0054>).

  Type locality references:

  Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5(8) 92 pls.
• Plyctolophus rhodolorus Finsch, O. 1867. Die Papageien, monographisch bearbeitet. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 1 x 561 pp., 1 pl. [307, footnote] [nom. nov. for Cacatua sanguinea Gould, 1843, presumed according to 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. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 2 pp. 105–216 pls 283–290 [6 Feb. 1917 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.]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia Pt 1 Non-passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp., but name not treated as valid when proposed and so unavailable under ICZN Art. 11(d)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Cacatoes sanguinea distincta Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [265].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 619776 ♀ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 5171), 60 mi inland on South Alligator River, NT (as Alligator River (60 miles inland))
  Comment: for identification and locality of holotype, 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.

  Type locality references:

  Storr, G.M. 1966. J.T. Tunney's itinerary in northern Australia 1901–1903. The Emu 66: 59-65.
• Cacatoes sanguinea subdistincta Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [265].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 619791 ♂ adult (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 1002), Parry's Creek, Kimberley Division, WA
  Comment: for identification of holotype, 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.
• Cacatoes sanguinea apsleyi Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1(2): 25-52 [Date published 2 Apr 1912] [36] [published anonymously—authorship credited in Austral. Avian. Rec. 1: 65].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 619771 ♂ adult (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 10890), Apsley Strait, Melville Is., NT (as Melville Island)
  Comment: for identification of holotype, 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.

  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. [95] (from specimen label).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [95]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal NW Australia, west to Kimberley Division and Dampier Land, WA—east to west and (?)central head of Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (Wernadinga)—and south to northern and eastern fringes of the Great Sandy Desert, WA, headwaters of the Victoria River and northern fringe of Barkly Tableland, NT, QLD—also continental islands of Kimberley Division, Melville-Bathurst Ils, Groote Eylandt and other islands off Arnhem Land. Past intergradation with C. s. gymnopis Sclater, 1871 evident around northern and eastern fringes of Great Sandy Desert and (?) with C. s. normantoni (Mathews, 1917) around south-east head of Gulf of Carpentaria.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: N Gulf
  • Western Australia: N coastal, W plateau

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 large 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 to food sources.

General References

Beeton, R.J. 1985. The Little Corella: a seasonally adapted species. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 13: 53-63 [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.] (habitat, breeding, seasonal biology)

Saunders, D.A. 1978. Measurements of the Little Corella from Kununurra, WA. The Emu 78: 37-39 (measurements, diet)

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