• Chloebia Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1862. Die Singvögel. (in 3 parts). Dresden Vol. 1. [dated as published in 1862-1863, but appearing in Pts VI-VIII of the Central Atlas of Reichenbach's Vollständigste Naturgeschichte des In- und Aus-landes, and thus before Pts IX and X in 1862] [30] [dated as published in 1862-1863, but appearing in Pts VI-VIII of the Central Atlas of Reichenbach's Vollständigste Naturgeschichte des In- und Aus-landes, and thus before Pts IX and X in 1862].

  Type species:

   Amadina gouldiae Gould, 1844 by monotypy.
• Gouldaeornis Mathews, G.M. 1923. Additions and Corrections to my Lists of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 5: 33-44 [Date published 21 Feb 1923] [41].

  Type species:

   Amadina gouldiae Gould, 1844 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

History of changes

• Amadina gouldiae Gould, J. 1844. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 4(15). [pl. 88].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANSP 14645 adult ♂ (type locality mentioned as being 'Greenhill Island, Van Dieman Gulf' Stone & Mathews (1913 (1): 178)), NT: Port Essington.
  Paralectotype(s) ANSP 14638 immature ♀, NT: Van Dieman Gulf; ANSP 14638 immature ♀, NT: Van Dieman Gulf.

  Type locality references:

  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] [178] (type locality mentioned as being Greenhill Island, Van Dieman Gulf).
• Poephila mirabilis Des Murs, M.A.F.O. 1845. Notice sur l'espèce de Passereau nommée Poephila mirabilis dans l'Atlas du Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'océanie, pl. 22, Oiseaux. 8th Year. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 1845: 447-448 [Date published Dec 1845] [pl. 3].
• Poephila armitiana Ramsay, E.P. 1877. Some further remarks on Poephila Gouldiae and Poephila mirabilis (Homb. et Jacq.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(1): 70-72 [Date published Jul 1877] [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM O.18595 immature ♀, Qld: Four Mile Creek, Dunrobin, Georgetown area.
• Poephila gouldiae kempi Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129] [132].
• Poephila gouldiae westra Mathews, G.M. 1923. Additions and Corrections to my Lists of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 5: 33-44 [Date published 21 Feb 1923] [41].

Generic Combinations

• Chloebia gouldiae (Gould, 1844). —
  Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1862. Die Singvögel. (in 3 parts). Dresden Vol. 1. [dated as published in 1862-1863, but appearing in Pts VI-VIII of the Central Atlas of Reichenbach's Vollständigste Naturgeschichte des In- und Aus-landes, and thus before Pts IX and X in 1862] [30] (changed combination as type species of the genus Chloebia)
• Erythrura gouldiae (Gould, 1844). —
  Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. [767]

Introduction

Previously placed in Erythrura but returned to the monotypic Chloebia following differences highlighted in Olsson & Alström (2020).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Paperbark woodland, tropical eucalypt.

General References

Olsson, U. & Alström, P. 2020. A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: Art. 106757

Common Name References

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Gouldian Finch)

History of changes