Genus Chalcophaps Gould, 1843

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chalcophaps Gould, J. 1843. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 13. [published separately Dec. 1843 and 1848 in Vol. 5] [text to pl. 62] [published without description but based by reference on Columba chrysochlora Wagler, 1827 and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5)].

  Type species:

   Columba chrysochlora Wagler, 1827 by monotypy.
• Monornis Hodgson, B.H. in Gray, J.E. 1844. The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Wurtz & Co. 86 pp. 3 pls. [published between 1831–1844] [85] [nom. nud. published in the combination Monornis perpulchra, but without description or indication and, therefore, unavailable under ICZN Art. 12; included as synonym of Chalcophaps Gould, 1843 by Salvadori, T. 1883. Ornitologia della Papuasia e delle Molucche. Parte Terza. Torino : Paravia & Co. xv 595 pp. [publication dated as 1882] (169, publication dated 1882), and assigned with non-included Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus, 1758) as type species by Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls (510), and unavailable under ICZN Art. 11(e)].

  Type species:

   Monornis perpulchra Hodgson, 1844 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls. [510]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

COLUMBIDAE: Columba chrysochlora Wagler, 1827 [=Chalcophaps indica indica (Linnaeus, 1758)]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South-east Asia, Malesian archipelagos to New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Santa Cruz group, Banks group.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal, NE oceanic
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

Oriental Region

• Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
• India
• Philippines

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	10-Nov-2020	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2015	COLUMBIDAE	28-Feb-2020	MODIFIED
		10-Nov-2020	MODIFIED