Subspecies Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii graptogyne Schodde, Saunders & Homberger, 1989

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• Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne Schodde, R., Saunders, D.A. & Homberger, D.G. in Schodde, R. 1989. New subspecies of Australian birds. Canberra Bird Notes 13: 119-122 [Date published Feb. 1989: publication dated as Dec. 1988 Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440] [120] [for identification of syntypic material, see Schodde, R. 1989. The story behind the description in Canberra Bird Notes of new subspecies of birds. Canberra Bird Notes 14: 90–91].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC 36273 ♀ adult, Penola, SA.
  Paratype(s) NMV B6416 ♀ adult, Penola, SA; NMV R11400 ♀ adult, Penola, SA; ANWC 41224 ♀ adult, Penola, SA.

  Secondary source:

   Schodde, R. 1989. The story behind the description in Canberra Bird Notes of new subspecies of birds. Canberra Bird Notes 14: 90-91.
• Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne 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 [Table 1, fig. 2a] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne McAllan, I.A.W. & Bruce, M.D. 1989. The Birds of New South Wales A Working List. Turramurra, New South Wales : Biocon Research Group vii 103 pp. [publication dated 1988, published May 1989] [39] [junior primary homonym and junior objective synonym of Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne Schodde, Saunders and Homberger, Feb. 1989; published without specification of either type specimens or type locality].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANWC 36273 ♀ adult, Penola, SA (as, by indirect reference, the area between Nhill, the Grampians, Portland, Mt Gambier, Lucindale and Bangham, SW VIC and SE SA).
  Paralectotype(s) NMV B6416 ♀ adult; NMV R11400 ♀ adult; NMV R11399 ♂ adult; SAMA B30532 ♂ adult; SAMA B30533 ♂ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Schodde, R. 1989. The story behind the description in Canberra Bird Notes of new subspecies of birds. Canberra Bird Notes 14: 90-91.

 

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. [78]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Restricted to the South-East of SA and western VIC between Bangham, Lucindale, Mt Gambier, Portland, Stawell, and Nhill, including the Grampians—formerly possibly east to Ballarat, Cressy, Daylesford and western Melbourne in historic time.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low woodland, nomadic, open forest, open heath, open scrub, tall forest, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds primarily arboreally on seeds, particularly those of Brown Stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri), flies above forest canopy with slow buoyant wing beats and protracted glides, roosts in loose groups, nests in large (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) hollows lined with wood chips, only female incubates and feeds yellow-downed chick, wanders regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Attiwill, A.R. 1960. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo in South-East of South Australia. South Australian Ornithologist 23: 37-38 [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. Waterhouse, F.H. 1885. The Dates of Publication of some of the Zoological Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S. London : R.H. Porter xi 59 pp. [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. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]] (status, distribution, feeding, nidification)

Baird, R.F. 1986. Historical records of the Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami and Red-tailed Black Cockatoo C. magnificus in south-eastern Australia. South Australian Ornithologist 30: 38-45 (historic distribution)

Joseph, L. 1982. Distribution records of the Red-tailed Black Cookatoo in south-eastern Australia. Australian Bird Watcher 9: 217-221 [Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440] (distribution, status)

Joseph, L. 1982. The Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo in south-eastern Australia. The Emu 82: 42-45 [Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440] (status, distribution, feeding, nidification)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Aug-2021	Calyptorhynchus Desmarest, 1826	03-May-2021	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)