Subspecies Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) banksii naso Gould, 1837

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• Calyptorhynchus naso Gould, J. 1837. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Oct. 25, 1836. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836: 104-106 [publication dated 1836] [106] [based on male and female specimens 'belonging to the Society' (=Zoological Society of London) from the Swan River, and no longer traced: not recorded in BMNH by Salvadori (1891), Sharpe (1906) nor Warren (1966); moreover, the type (=lectotype) ANSP 22198 identified by Stone (1913) is evidently the male figured several years later on plate 9 in Gould (1848) and not part of the type series of C. naso Gould, 1837, cf. Meyer de Schauensee (1957); in absence of type material, the identity of Calyptorhynchus naso Gould, 1837 is ambivalent: its type locality (Swan River) is at the northern limit of the large-billed southwest forest subspecies in WA, where it abuts on the southern limit of the wheatbelt subspecies, and its original description fits either form—moreover, the size of its bill is quoted ambiguously, see Serventy & Whittell (1976), Ford (1980); accordingly, a neotype is designated here to resolve the ambiguities and maintain conventional nomenclature by fixing the name to the large-billed southwest forest form—this designation has the approval of the Taxonomic Advisory Committee of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union.].

  Type data:

   Neotype ANWC 37837 ♂ adult, 8 km E of Mayanup on Kojonup road, WA (as in Nova Hollandia, ad fluminem Cygnorum).

  Subsequent designation 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. [79].

  Secondary source:

   Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5 92 pls. [published Sept. 1841]; 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.; Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2. [414]; Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129-180 [Date published 28 Feb 1913]; 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, 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.; Serventy, D.L. & Whittell, H.M. 1976. Birds of Western Australia. Perth : University Western Australia Press x (un-numbered) 481 pp.; Ford, J. 1980. Morphological and ecological divergence and convergence in isolated populations of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. The Emu 80: 103-120.

Distribution

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Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Extreme SW Australia, north to Darling Ranges (Swan-Avon Rivers valley) and east to Wandering and Stirling Ranges, and possibly originally local on Swan River coastal plain — separated from Calyptorhynchus banksii escondidus by a gap of some 20–30 km N and NE of Perth.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, nomadic, open forest, tall forest, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

General References

Ford, J. 1980. Morphological and ecological divergence and convergence in isolated populations of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. The Emu 80: 103-120 (distribution, ecology, morphology, systematics)

Saunders, D.A. 1977. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo breeding twice a year in the south-west of Western Australia. The Emu 77: 107-110 [publication date 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 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)]] (distribution, not breeding)

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