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Subspecies Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni Gould, 1867

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Subspecies Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni Gould, 1867

  • Cyclopsitta coxeni Gould, J. 1867. On a new Australian parakeet. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 182-183 [Date published 31/May/1867] [182] [based on a coloured drawing sent to John Gould by C. Coxen, itself based on the first two specimens of this form received by E.Waller, see Gould, J. 1869. The Birds of Australia. Supplement. London : J. Gould 81 pls pp. [Pt 3, 1859] (text to plate 65); Waller later obtained more specimens and sent one to Gould (Gould, J. 1869. The Birds of Australia. Supplement. London : J. Gould 81 pls pp. [Pt 3, 1859]): this is the specimen figured on pl. 65 in Gould, J. 1869. The Birds of Australia. Supplement. London : J. Gould 81 pls pp. [Pt 3, 1859] and quoted as the possible syntype in BMNH by Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls, and 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., whether it is one of the original two from which coxeni was described, however, is not clear].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) BMNH 1868.1.27.29 (probable), Mt Sam(p)son, D'Aguilar Range, southeast QLD (as east coast); whereabouts unknown (QM?, ?BMNH, ?lost), Mt Sam(p)son, D'Aguilar Range, southeast QLD (as east coast).
    Type locality references:
    Diggles, S. 1876. The Ornithology of Australia. Brisbane : S. Diggles Part 19. [publication dated as 1865–1876].
  • Opopsitta coxeni tweedi Mathews, G.M. 1917. Additions and corrections to my list. Austral Avian Records 3: 127-128 [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)] [128] [published without description but based by reference on a formerly published description and illustration, and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(1, 7); holotype figured on pl. 280 (bottom) and described in detail on p. 67 in Mathews, G.M. 1916. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 1. pp. 1–104 pls 275–282 [publication dated as 1916–1917, 22 Nov. 1916], although two birds are figured, the accompanying description is based on a single specimen from the Tweed River; for its identification, 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 data:
     Holotype AMNH 618998 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Tweed River, NSW.

 

Introduction

Sometimes treated as a separate species (del Hoyo & Collar 2014), retained here as a subspecies until more work can be conducted to elucidate relationships between subspecies.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal border region of NSW-QLD, originally north to Gympie-Maryborough districts, QLD, south to Macleay River, NSW, and inland to coastal spurs of Great Dividing Range. Now very rare and widely extinct.


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 and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, nomadic, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder(?), in lower altitude rainforests, feeds arboreally mainly on figs, flies swiftly and directly through and over forest canopy, nests on wood dust debris in small tree holes, incubation by female, the female rears the whitish-downed, flesh-billed chick assisted by male, wanders locally or regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Corfe, B. 1977. A sighting of the fig-parrot in south-east Queensland. Sunbird 8: 44 (distribution, status, habitat)

 

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)
01-Mar-2012 01-Mar-2012 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)