Subspecies Eolophus roseicapilla kuhli (Mathews, 1912)
- Cacatoes roseicapilla kuhli Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [266].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 619840 ♂ adult (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 5174), South Alligator River, NT (as Northern Territory)
Comment: chosen over Cacatoes roseicapilla derbyana Mathews, 1912 – see Mathews (1927). - Cacatoes roseicapilla derbyana Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [266].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 619828 ♂ imm. (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 8852), Derby, north WA
Comment: holotype suffused with grey ventrally and immature, and unidentifiable to subspecies according to Greenway (1978), but adults from the type-locality (Derby) nevertheless match E. r. kuhli (Mathews, 1912) according to Ford (1978).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Inland to near-coastal N Australia, west to Dampier Land (Roebuck Bay) and Kimberley Division, WA (except locally along far north coast)—east to Arnhem Land, NT (except extreme NE coast) and Cape York Peninsula, QLD (except extreme north)—and south to northern fringes of the Great Sandy Desert, WA, the central Victoria-Roper River drainages and northern rim of the Barkly Tableland, NT, and the east head of Gulf of Carpentaria and lower Norman-Gilbert River drainages, QLD. Intergrades south-eastwards with E. r. albiceps Schodde, 1989 through the Barkly Tableland and upper Gulf of Carpentaria drainage to the Burdekin River drainage, QLD.
IBRA
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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low woodland, nomadic, open scrub, sedentary, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland, volant, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, in eucalypt woodland and open forest and associated grasslands, feeds communally on ground and in fruiting shrubs on seeds, including cereals, flocks in small to large groups, flies with deep, erratic wing beats with little gliding, nests in tree hollows lined with wood debris, both parents incubate and feed pink-downed chicks, wanders regionally or locally to food sources.
General References
Ford, J. 1987. Hybrid zones in Australian birds. The Emu 87: 158-178
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 locality/distribution)
Mathews, G.M. 1913. A List of the Birds of Australia containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author. London : Witherby xxvii 453 pp. (type locality/distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2016 | Cacatuini | 11-Dec-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Feb-2012 | 29-Feb-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |