Subspecies Chalcophaps indica natalis Lister, 1889

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• Chalcophaps natalis Lister, J.J. 1889. On the natural history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 512-534 [publication dated 1888] [522].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1888.8.12.10 ♂ adult, Christmas Is.; BMNH, Christmas Is.; BMNH, Christmas Is.
  Comment: for identification of syntypes, see 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 (520); 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.

  Type locality references:

  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.; 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.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, granivore, sedentary, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, opportunistic breeder/seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds on ground on fallen fruit and seeds under forest and coastal thicket, nests in low shrubbery.

 

General References

Gibson-Hill, C.A. 1947. Notes on the birds of Christmas Island. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 18: 87-165 (distribution, feeding, nidification)

Hicks, J. 1980. An Annotated Bibliography of the Natural History of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Canberra : Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 27 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1942. Additions to the list of Australian birds and other notes. Australian Zoologist 10(suppl.): 161–166 (cf. Iredale, T. 1937. J.R. & G. Forster, naturalists. Emu 37: 95–99)] (literature)

Stokes, T. 1988. A Review of the Birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Canberra : Aust. Natl Parks Wldlf. Serv. Occas. Pap. 16 40 pp. (status)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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