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Subspecies Cacomantis (Cacomantis) variolosus variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal E Australia, north to Burdekin-Suttor Rivers, QLD, south to Gippsland and Dandenong Ranges, VIC, and inland to western slopes of Great Dividing Range (Belyando River, Carnarvon Range, Chinchilla, Bunya Mountains, QLD, Nandewar, Warrambungle, Hervey, and Brindabella Ranges and Snowy Mountains, NSW, and Strathbogie Ranges, VIC), straggling south to Otway Ranges and Ballarat, VIC—also north to Cape York Peninsula, Gulf of Carpentaria, islands in Torres Strait, S New Guinea, Aru and western Papuan Ils, and Moluccas on migration. Probably intergrades with C. v. dumetorum (Gould, 1845) through upper Burdekin River drainage and across Great Dividing Range there, QLD.


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, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
    • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, closed forest, diurnal, migratory, nomadic, open forest, tall forest, territorial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, solitary or in dispersed pairs, feeds by perch-and-pounce sallying from bare or open perches in mid and lower forest and woodland strata, taking caterpillars and other insects, flies in graceful undulations, breeding males hold territories in natal area, courting by insistent calling, displaying and courtship feeding, brood parasite parasitizing mainly species of flycatchers (Myiagra Vigors & Horsfield, 1827), fantails (Rhipidura Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) and robins (Petroica Swainson, 1830), its eggs mimicking those of these hosts, disperses northwards after breeding (Mar.-Apr.) and returns to breed in Sept.-Oct.

 

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)
12-Feb-2010 (import)