Species Egretta picata (Gould, 1845)
Pied Heron, Pied Egret, White-headed Egret
- Ardea (Herodias) picata Gould, J. 1845. Untitled. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1845(13): 62-63 [Date published Sep 1845] [62].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP 6668 (VN 1714) Skin, Port Essington, Northern Territory; ANSP 6669 (VN 1715) Skin, Port Essington, Northern Territory; ANSP 6670 (VN 1716) Skin, Port Essington, Northern Territory. - Notophoyx flavirostris Sharpe, R.B. & Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1898. Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones, Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae, and Impennes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Trustees British Museum Vol. 26 pp. xvii + 687. [654] [unnecessary change of name for Ardea picata Raffles].
- Tonophoyx aruensis normani Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129] [126].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH 529162 - 529175 n=14, Skin, Normanton, Queensland [17°40'S, 141°05'E].Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [240].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
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. [11] (Pied Egret, White-headed Egret)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Pied Heron)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 25-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
10-Nov-2020 | CICONIIFORMES | 23-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |