Genus Calamanthus Gould, 1838

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• Praticola Swainson, W. 1837. On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. In, Lardner, D. (ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor Vol. 2(92) vi 398 pp. [publication dated 1836-1837 Kluge, A.G. 1971. John Edward Gray and "The Zoological Miscellany". In Gray, J.E. (1831–1844). The Zoological Miscellany. [reprint]. U.S.A. Misc. Publ. of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.] [244].

  Type species:

   Praticola anthoides Swainson, 1838 (=Calamanthus fuliginosus Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) by monotypy (as Anthus fuliginosus).
• Calamanthus Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [part 4, appendix, p. 4] [replacement name for Praticola Swainson 1837, preoccupied by Praticola Kaup 1829].

  Type species:

   Anthus fuliginosus Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T., 1827 by original designation.
• Eremianthus Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 9 pp. 242-518. [Date published 3 Aug 1922] [295].

  Type species:

   Calamanthus campestris wayensis Mathews, 1912 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN)

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