Subgenus Columba (Janthoenas) Reichenbach, 1853
- Janthoenas Reichenbach, L. 1853. Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie. Dresden : Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte Lief. 3 xxxi pp. [publication dated as 1852] [xxv] [published without description but based by reference on Columba janthina Temminck, 1830 and available under ICZN Art.12(b)(5); also as incorrect subsequent spelling, Janthaenas by Bonaparte, C.L. 1857. Conspectus Generum Avium. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill Tom. II 232 pp. [published 1855] (44)].
Type species:
Columba janthina Temminck, 1830 by original designation.Secondary source:
Bonaparte, C.L. 1855. Conspectus Generum Avium. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 232 pp. [dated 1850-1857]. - Leucomeloena Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Coup d'oeil sur l'ordre des pigeons. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 39: 1102-1112 [1104] [published without description but based by reference on Columba janthina Temminck, 1830 and available under ICZN Art.12(b)(5); also as incorrect subsequent spellings, Leucomelaena by Bonaparte, C.L. 1857. Conspectus Generum Avium. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill Tom. II 232 pp. [published 1855] (44, published 1855), Leucomelaina by Reichenbach, L. 1862. Die vollständigste Naturgeschichte der Tauben und taubenartigen Vögel: Wallnister, Erdtauben, Baumtauben, Hocco's, Columbariae, Megapodinae, Peristerinae, Columbinae, Alectorinae. Dresden & Leipzig : Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte 206 pp. pls [published between 1861-1862; published unpublication dated as =1853 Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp.] (52, published undated), and Leucomaelana by Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould 2 629 pp. [For publication date 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.] (112); assumed based on Columba norfolciensis Latham, 1802 (which is generically unidentifiable) by Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 1 xiv 301 pp. pls 1–67 [6 parts; published between 1910–1912; publication dated as 1910–1911] and his subsequent revisions, also by RAOU Checklist Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1926. Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union x 212 pp., and Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia Pt 1 Non-passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.; nevertheless, Bonaparte's statement when erecting Leucomeloena —- ‘La Col. leucomela, Temm., à laquelle il faut restituer son premier nom spécifique norfolciensis, Lath., forme seule mon quatrieme genre Leucomeloena’ — shows that it is based on Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821, as correctly quoted 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; for identity of Columba norfolciensis Latham, see Hindwood, K.A. 1965. John Hunter: A naturalist and artist of the First Fleet. Emu 65: 83–95; and Goodwin, D. 1983. Pigeons and Doves of the World. Ithaca : Cornell University Press 363 pp. 3 pls [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.] (under Gallicolumba ?norfolciensis (Latham))].
Type species:
Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821 by monotypy.Secondary source:
Bonaparte, C.L. 1855. Conspectus Generum Avium. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 232 pp. [dated 1850-1857]; Reichenbach, L. 1862. Die vollständigste Naturgeschichte der Tauben und taubenartigen Vögel: Wallnister, Erdtauben, Baumtauben, Hocco's, Columbariae, Megapodinae, Peristerinae, Columbinae, Alectorinae. Dresden & Leipzig : Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte 206 pp. pls. [published between 1861-1862; published unpublication dated as =1853 Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp.]; Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 2 629 pp. [For publication date 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.]; 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.; Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 1 xiv 301 pp. pls 1-67. [6 parts; published between 1910–1912; publication dated as 1910–1911]; RAOU Checklist Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1926. Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union x 212 pp.; Hindwood, K.A. 1965. John Hunter: A naturalist and artist of the First Fleet. The Emu 65: 83-95; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.; Goodwin, D. 1983. Pigeons and Doves of the World. Ithaca : Cornell University Press 363 pp. 3 pls. - Raperia Mathews, G.M. 1915. Raperia godmanae. A new bird from Lord Howe Island, now extinct. Austral Avian Records 3: 21-24 [23] [for identity of type species, see Amadon, D. 1943. Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. 52 Notes on some non-passerine genera, 3. American Museum Novitates 1237: 1–22 [publation date Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp. (under Dactylostrix Kaup, 1852)], cf. Hindwood, K.A. 1940. The birds of Lord Howe Island. Emu 40: 1–86 pl. 1].
Type species:
Raperia godmanae Mathews, 1915 by original designation (=Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [18]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Islands of north-west to south-west Pacific Ocean.
Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states,
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and
IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be
reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the
entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA
NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Distribution References
- Goodwin, D. 1983. Pigeons and Doves of the World. Ithaca : Cornell University Press 363 pp. 3 pls. (janthina group)
- Johnston, R.F. 1962. The taxonomy of pigeons. Condor 64: 69-74 (species-group janthina Temminck, 1830)
- Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (Columba janthina Temminck, 1830 to C. norfolciensis Latham, 1802)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |