Subspecies Cisticola (Cisticola) exilis exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
- Malurus exilis Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [223].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.24 unsexed (the authors used a Latham manuscript name), Australia. - Cysticola ruficeps Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [App. p.4] [junior secondary homonym of Malurus ruficeps Cretzschmar, 1827 = Cisticola ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1827) in Cisticola Kaup, 1829].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 17545 adult ♂, NSW: (Liverpool Plains).Secondary source:
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 [203] (Meyer de Shauensee's mention that Port Phillip is not in New South Wales is correct, but then Victoria was part of that colony in 1838; therefore the Port Phillip bird could be syntypic). - Cisticola ruficapilla Salvadori, T. 1876. Descrizione di due nuove specie di uccelli del Capo York. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 7: 991-992 [publication dated 1875] [unjustified emendation of Cisticola ruficeps Gould, 1838: Art. 33.2].
- Cisticola isura Gould, J. 1847. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 2. [Date published 1 Jun 1847] [pl. 44].
Type data:
Lectotype ANSP 17543 adult ♂, New South Wales.
Paralectotype(s) ANSP 17544 adult ♀, New South Wales. - Cisticola exilis exaggerata Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 9 pp. 242-518. [Date published 3 Aug 1922] [373].
- Cisticola exilis mixta Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [343].
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Restricted to King Island in TAS
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Lignum or cane grass swamp, tropical eucalypt, tussock grassland.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 09-Nov-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |