Species Cracticus argenteus Gould, 1841

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Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cracticus torquatus argenteus Gould, 1841 [recognised as subspecies by Christidis and Boles (2008)].

Introduction

Removed from full species status to become a subspecies under Cracticus torquatus, following Christidis and Boles (2008: 196), but restored to full species status following Kearns et al. (2013).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Plateau (ARP) ; NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

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Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, paperbark woodland, tropical eucalypt.

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [196]

Kearns, A.M., Joseph, L. & Cook, L.G. 2013. A multilocus coalescent analysis of the speciational history of the Australo-Papuan butcherbirds and their allies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 941-952

History of changes