Subspecies Calyptorhynchus (Calyptorhynchus) lathami erebus Schodde & Mason, 1993

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Regional Maps

• Calyptorhynchus lathami erebus Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. in Schodde, R., Mason, I.J. & Wood, J.T. 1993. Geographical differentiation in the Glossy Black Cockatoo Calytorhynchus lathami (Temminck), and its history. The Emu 93: 156-166 [published Sept. 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.] [162] [first appearing with authors' permission in Aug. 1993 on p. 11 in Wildlife Management Unit, Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service (R. Bilney) 1993. Schedule 13 (Restricted) Wildlife Field Manual. Brisbane : Queensland Dept. of Environment and Heritage 28 pp. 13 pls [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 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440] (internal departmental document) where unpublished under ICZN Art. 8(a)(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 0.29676 ♂ adult (ex ANWC 43427), 1 km E of Kroombit Tops Forestry Barracks, Dawes Ra. plateau, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANWC 43426 ♂ adult; ANWC 43544 ♂ adult; ANWC 43543 ♀ adult.

  Secondary source:

   Wildlife Management Unit, Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service (R. Bilney) 1993. Schedule 13 (Restricted) Wildlife Field Manual. Brisbane : Queensland Dept. of Environment and Heritage 28 pp. 13 pls. [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

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Ranges and adjacent lowlands of Dawson-Mackenzie-Isaac Rivers drainage, central E QLD, north to Connors-Clarke Ranges, south to Dawes and probably Many Peaks Ranges, and inland to Expedition and probably Peak and Denham Ranges.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds almost exclusively on seeds harvested arboreally from large unripe cones of casuarina (Allocasuarina littoralis, A. torulosa, A. verticillata), flies through and above forest canopy with slow buoyant wing beats and protracted gliding, roosts in small groups, nests in large tree hollows lined with wood chips, only female incubates and feeds yellow-downed chick, wanders locally or regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Pierce, R. 1984. Range extension of Glossy Black Cockatoos. Sunbird 14: 10-11 [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)

Schodde, R., Mason, I.J. & Wood, J.T. 1993. Geographical differentiation in the Glossy Black Cockatoo Calytorhynchus lathami (Temminck), and its history. The Emu 93: 156-166 [published Sept. 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 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, systematics)

 

History of changes

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10-Nov-2020		01-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)