Species Dromaius minor Spencer, 1906 (Extinct)

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External Links

• Dromaeus minor Spencer, W.B. 1906. The King Island Emu. The Victorian Naturalist 23(7): 139-140 [140].
• Dromaius parvulus Mathews, G.M. 1910. The Birds of Australia. London : H.F. & G. Witherby Vol. 1 pp. [19] [originally attributed to Gould in Broderip 1842 but Mathews suggested as author].
• Dromaeus bassi Legge, W.V. 1907. The Emus of Tasmania and King Island. The Emu 6(3): 116-119 [119].
• Dromaius ater Vieillot, L.P. 1817. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Historie Naturelle, applicquée aux Arts, principalement à l'Agriculture et à l'Économie rurale et domestique par une Société de Naturalistes et d'Agriculteurs. Paris : Déterville Vol. 10 pp. [212].
• Dromaius peroni Rothschild, W.L. 1907. Extinct birds. An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times, that is within the last six or seven hundred years; to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. London : Hutchinson pp. xxiv + 244. [235] (pl. 40).
• Dromiceius spenceri Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [176].

  Secondary source:

   Spencer, W.B. 1906. The King Island Emu. The Victorian Naturalist 23(7): 139-140; Mathews, G.M. 1910. The Birds of Australia. London : H.F. & G. Witherby Vol. 1 pp. (Pl. 4).

 

Introduction

Extinct.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct. Restricted to King Island, Tasmania.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: King (KIN)

Distribution References

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [5] (Black Emu)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (King Island Emu)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [14] (King Island Emu)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	04-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)