Subspecies Eurystomus orientalis calonyx Sharpe, 1980
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Sight record of itinerant individual in late January-early February 1963 by Pearson, A.J. 1966. The birds of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 86: 66–71 [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. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]. Although both east Asian-breeding E. o. calonyx Sharpe, 1890 and Australian-breeding E. o. pacificus (Latham, 1802) might be expected to reach Christmas Is. on migration, the time of the record makes calonyx much more likely. Alternatively, the record could have been of a wind-blown individual of the resident Greater Sundan form, E. o. orientlais (Linnaeus, 1766), cf. Peters, J.L. 1945. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 5 xi 306 pp.; White, C.M.N. & Bruce, M.D. 1986. The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia). An annotated check-list. B.O.U. Check-list No. 7. London : British Ornithologists' Union 524 pp. [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. Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1913. Notes on Billberg's Synopsis Faunae Scandinaviae. Austral Avian Records 2: 33–48].
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Oriental Region
- Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
Distribution References
- Pearson, A.J. 1966. The birds of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 86: 66-71 [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. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)]
- Peters, J.L. 1945. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 5 xi 306 pp.
- White, C.M.N. & Bruce, M.D. 1986. The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia). An annotated check-list. B.O.U. Check-list No. 7. London : British Ornithologists' Union 524 pp.
History of changes
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