Genus Eclectus Wagler, 1832

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• Eclectus Wagler, J.G. 1832. Monographia Psittacorum. Abhandlungen K. Bayer Akademie Wissenschaftlichen München 1: 463-750 [published Dec. 1832] [495] [validated as correct name with above authorship, place of publication and type species by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Opinion 938, with gender masculine; for history of case, see Mayr, E. & Condon, H.T. 1968. Larius Boddaert, 1783 (Aves): proposed suppression under the Plenary Powers. Z.N. (s.) 1833. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 25: 52–54; also as incorrect subsequent spelling, Electus by Selby, P.J. 1836. The Natural History of Parrots. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars xv 187 pp. [112]; not preoccupied as junior homonym by Eclectis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera), see ICZN Art. 56(b)].

  Type species:

   Psittacus grandis Gmelin, 1788 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [52] (published before Apr.) (=Eclectus roratus (P.L.S. Müller, 1776)).
• Larius Boddaert, P. 1783. Table des Planches Enluminéez d'Histoire Naturelle, de M. d'Aubenton. Avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precédé d'une Notice des Principaux Ouvrages Zoologiques enluminées. Utrecht : Boddaert xv 58 + 9 pp. [published Dec. 1783 International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1985. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Third edition adopted by the XX General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences. London : International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature xx 338 pp. [Art. 3]] [42] [suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Opinion 938; for history of case, see Mayr, E. & Condon, H.T. 1968. Larius Boddaert, 1783 (Aves): proposed suppression under the Plenary Powers. Z.N. (s.) 1833. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 25: 52–54; originally published as subgenus in the form Psittacus (Larius) without description, but based by reference on Le Grand Lori of Buffon (=Purper roode Lori) of Vosmaer, 1769, figured on pl. 683 in Daubenton, E.L. 1781. Planches Enluminées d'Histoire Naturelle. In Buffon, G.L. (1770–1786). Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Paris : l'Imprimerie Royale Vols I–X. [published between as 1765-1781 Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] (Vol. VII, pp. 109–110)].

  Type species:

   Psittacus (Larius) ceclanensis Boddaert, 1783 by monotypy (=Eclectus roratus (P.L.S. Müller, 1776)).
• Polychlorus Sclater, P.L. 1858. Notes on an unnamed parrot from the island of St. Domingo, now living in the Society's Gardens; and on some other species of the same family. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1857: 224-226 [publication dated as 1857] [226] [also as incorrect subsequent spellings, Polychrous (and misreferred) by Gray, G.R. 1870. Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, distinguishing those contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2 xv 278 pp. [157]; and Polychloris by Wells, R.W. & Wellington, R. 1992. A classification of the cockatoos and parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) of Australia. Sydney Basin Naturalist 1: 107–169 [Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240)] (117)].

  Type species:

   Psittacus polychloros Scopoli, 1786 by absolute tautonymy (as (Psittacus) polychloros Scopoli, =Eclectus roratus (Scopoli, 1786)).

  Secondary source:

   Wells, R.W. & Wellington, R. 1992. A classification of the cockatoos and parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) of Australia. Sydney Basin Naturalist 1: 107-169 [Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240)].
• Lorius Sherborn, C.D. 1902. Index Animalium; sive, Index nominem quae ab A.D. 1758 generibus et speciebus animalium imposita sunt, societatibus eruditorum adiuvantibus. Sectio Prima, 1758–1800. London : British Museum 1195 pp. [519] [junior homonym of Lorius Vigors, 1825 (Psittacidae); unjustified emendation of Larius Boddaert, 1783 under ICZN Art. 33(b)(iii); also adopted by Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1915. On the "Table des planches enlum" of Boddaert. Austral Avian Records 3: 31–51].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rothschild, W. 1922. On the names of certain parrots of the genus Larius, Bodd. = Eclectus, Wagl. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 9: 411-412 [411-412]
• Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. [231]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea and adjacent islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Ils, Solomon Ils, Moluccas, islands in Banda and Arafura Seas, Sumba.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal, Torres Strait Islands

Distribution References

General References

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. (subgeneric arrangement and generic limits)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020		01-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)