Genus Dicrurus Vieillot, 1816

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dicrurus Vieillot, L.P. 1816. Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire. Paris : Déterville 70 pp. [Date published 14 Apr 1816] [41].

  Type species:

   Corvus balicassius Linnaeus, 1766 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1841. A List of the Genera of Birds, with their synonyms and an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J. Taylor xii 115 pp. [Date published Sep 1841] [47].
• Notochibia Mathews, G.M. 1923. Additions and Corrections to my Lists of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 5: 33-44 [Date published 21 Feb 1923] [41].

  Type species:

   Dicrurus bracteata Gould, 1842 by original designation.
• Dicruropsis Salvadori, T. 1878. Reports on the Collection of Birds made during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger.' No. VI. On the Birds of Ternate, Amboyna, Banda, the Kê Islands, and the Aru Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 78-100 [88].

  Type species:

   Dicrurus megalornis Gray, 1858 by original designation.
• Dicrourus Schinz, H.R. in Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. 1821. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son Organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville. [496] [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Dicrurus Vieillot, 1816, and unavailable].
• Dicruratus Giebel, C.G.A. 1874. Thesaurus ornithologiae. Repertorium der gesammten ornithologischen Literatur und Nomenclatur Sämmtlicher Gattungen und Arten der Vögel nebst Synonymen und geographischer Verbreitung. Leipzig : F.A. Brockhaus Vol. 2(fasc. 1) vi + 787 pp. [46] [presumed unjustified emendation of Dicrurus Vieillot, 1816].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Indonesia
  • Aru Islands
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea
  • Bismarck Archipelago
  • D'Entrecasteaux Ils
  • New Britain
• Solomon Islands

History of changes

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