Genus Callocephalon Lesson, 1837

Museums

Regional Maps

• Callocephalon Lesson, R.P. 1837. Histoire naturelle. In, Bougainville, L.A. (ed.). Journal de la Navigation autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l' Espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826. Paris : Arthus Bertrand Vol. 2 xvi 351 165 pp. [311, 315] [not preoccupied by Calocephalus Cuvier, 1826, emended Callocephalus by Wagler, 1830 (Mammalia), see ICZN Art. 56(b) cf. 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.] (150–151); also as incorrect subsequent spellings, Collocephalon by Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Nouvelles espèces ornithologiques. Première partie: Perroquets. Lugduni. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 30: 131–139 [published Feb.] (138); Callocephalus by Gerbe, Z. 1861. [no title] p. 641 in, Dict. Univ. d'Hist. Nat. Vol. 9., Callocephala by Reichenow, A. 1881. Conspectus Psittacorum. Systematische Uebersicht aller bekannten Papageienarten. Journal of Ornithology 29: 1–49, 113–177, 225–289, 337–398 (31), and Callocephalum by Heine, F. & Reichenow, A. 1890. Nomenclator Musei Heineani Ornithologici. Berlin : R. Friedländer & Sohn Bd vi 373 pp. [publication dated as 1882–1890] (244)].

  Type species:

   Callocephalon australe Lesson, 1837 by monotypy (=Callocephalon fimbriatum (Grant, 1803)).
• Corydon Wagler, J.G. 1832. Monographia Psittacorum. Abhandlungen K. Bayer Akademie Wissenschaftlichen München 1: 463-750 [published Dec. 1832] [504] [junior homonym of Corydon Lesson, 1828 (Eurylaimidae)].

  Type species:

   Psittacus galeatus Latham, 1801 by monotypy (=Callocephalon fimbriatum (Grant, 1803)).
• Callicephalus Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent & Gassmann viii 393 pp. [published between 1846–1848] [58] [alternative name for Callocephalon Lesson, 1837, non Callicephalus Agassiz, 1846 (=Calocephalus Cuvier, 1826) Mammalia].
• Callocephala Reichenow, A. 1881. Conspectus Psittacorum. Systematische Uebersicht aller bekannten Papageienarten. Journal of Ornithology 29: 1-49, 113-177, 225-289, 337-398 [125] [unjustified emendation of Callocephalon Lesson, 1837].
• Callocorydon 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] [150] [nom. nov. for Callocephalon Lesson, 1837, interpreted as a junior homonym of Calocephalus Cuvier, 1826 (Mammalia)—homonymy nonetheless prevented by ICZN Art. 56(b)].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [177]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria

General References

Adams, M., Baverstock, P.R., Saunders, D.A., Schodde, R. & Smith, G.T. 1984. Biochemical systematics of the Australian cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 363-377 (for relationships)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (synonymy)

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. (subgeneric arrangement and generic limits)

White, N.E., Phillips, M.J., Gilbert, M.T.P., Alfaro-Núñez, A., Willerslev, E., Mawson, P.R., Spencer, P.B.S. & Bunce, M. 2011. The evolutionary history of cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59: 615-622 ("…resolve the phylogenetic placements of the Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus), Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum)")

 

History of changes

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29-Feb-2012		29-Feb-2012	MOVED
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