Species Lopholaimus antarcticus (Shaw, 1793)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Columba antarctica Shaw, G. 1793. Zoology and Botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent; the zoological part. London : J. Sowerby Vol. 1 Pt 2-54 pp. pls. [Date published 1794] [15] [published without specified reference to type locality].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (?lost, figured on pl. V in Shaw, G. 1793. Zoology and Botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent; the zoological part. London : J. Sowerby Vol. 1 Pt 2–54 pp. pls [publication dated as 1794]), NSW (as New Holland, from title of original publication).

  Type locality references:

  Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912].
• Columba dilopha Temminck, C.J. 1821. Account of some new species of birds of the genera Psittacus and Columba, in the Museum of the Linnean Society. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 107-130 [publication dated as 1822] [124] [for identification of syntype in BMNH, 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 (236); Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2. (414); 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.; other syntype acquired by Temminck, C.J. 1821. Account of some new species of birds of the genera Psittacus and Columba, in the Museum of the Linnean Society. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 107–130 [publication dated as 1822] from Joshua Brookes and figured on pl. 162 in livraison 28, published 1822, in Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1838. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault 102 livr. in 5 vols pp. [published Apr. 1822]; lectotypification effected under ICZN Art. 74].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1863.7.6.10 adult, Red Point, near Port Kembla, NSW (as Nouvelle Hollande, vers Red Point, dans l'intérieur des terres).
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH adult (C.J. Temminck Cabinet 162.28 cat. no. 1).

  Subsequent designation 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. [236].
• Lopholaimus antarcticus minor Mathews, G.M. 1911. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 1 pt 2 pp. 97-136 pls 20-33. [Date published 31/Jan./1911: volume publication dated as 1910–1911] [122].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 611752 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 6116), near Mackay, QLD (as Cape York to Mackay, Queensland)
  Comment: for identification and locality of holotype, see Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306.

  Type locality references:

  Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [164]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal E Australia and adjacent ranges, north to Cooktown and sporadically along eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula to near Cape York and Jardine River, QLD—south regularly to Bermagui-Eden, NSW, straggling very rarely to E Gippsland, VIC and TAS—and inland to coastal watershed of Great Dividing Range—records for Torres Strait unconfirmed.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Aerial, arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, gregarious, nomadic, tall forest, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, arboreal fruit-eater in montane to lowland rainforests and tall fringing eucalypts, rests, roosts and nests high in trees, wanders regionally to seasonal food sources at all times of the year with a tendency to shift north in autumn and south in spring, flies high in travelling flocks of tens to hundreds over all classes of country within range.

 

General References

Crome, F.H.J. 1975. The ecology of fruit pigeons in tropical northern Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 2: 155-185 (diet, movements)

Frith, H.J. 1957. Food habits of the Topknot Pigeon. The Emu 57: 341-345 (diet, movements)

Frith, H.J. 1977. Some display postures of Australian pigeons. Ibis 119: 167-182 (behaviour)

Frith, H.J. 1982. Pigeons and Doves of Australia. Adelaide : Rigby vii 304 pp., 32 pls. (synonymy)

Gilbert, P.A. 1936. The Topknot Pigeon. The Emu 35: 301-312 (distribution, status, habitat, behaviour, food, voice, nidification)

Gogerley, J.F.H. 1925. Early breeding of the Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus). The Emu 24: 276-277 (nidification)

Goodwin, D. 1967. Australian pigeons: their affinities and status. The Emu 66: 319-336 (relationships)

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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement also subsequent revisions)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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. (synonymy and specific circumscription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)