Subspecies Gavicalis virescens virescens (Vieillot, 1817)
- Melithreptus virescens Vieillot, L.P. 1817. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'Agriculture, à l'Écomomie rurale et domestique, à la Médecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle edition. Paris : Déterville Vol. 14. [Date published 13 Sep 1817] [329].
- Meliphaga virescens hartogi Mathews, G.M. 1920. Descriptions of new subspecies of Australian birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 40(76): 75-76 [Date published 30 Jan 1920] [76].
Type data:
Holotype NMV HLW.6739 ♂ (questionable, as specimen label date is 13 May 1916), WA: Dirk Hartog Island. - Ptilotis insularis Milligan, A.W. 1911. Description of a new Ptilotis. The Emu 11(2): 124-125 [Date published 2 OCt 1911] [124].
Type data:
Lectotype WAM A.31508 adult ♂, WA: Rottnest Island.
Paralectotype(s) WAM A.31515 adult ♂, WA: Rottnest Island. - Ptilotis sonora broomei Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [405].
- Meliphaga virescens glauerti Mathews, G.M. 1942. New forms of Australian birds. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 77-78 [Date published 12 Feb 1942] [77].
Type data:
Holotype WAM A.31513 adult ♂, WA: Ebano.
Generic Combinations
- Lichenostomus virescens virescens (Vieillot, 1817).
- Gavicalis virescens virescens (Vieillot, 1817). —
Nyári, A.S. & Joseph, L. 2011. Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and the historical development of Australo-Papuan bird communities. Emu 111: 202–211
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia: W plateau
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, casuarina-cypress woodland, chenopodiaceous steppe, eremic riverine woodland, human habitation, lignum or cane grass swamp, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, mulga woodland, rocky hummock grassfield, samphire salt marsh, sand-plain hummock grassfield, temperate eucalypt, tropical eucalypt.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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10-Nov-2020 | PASSERIFORMES | 02-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
10-Nov-2020 | 04-Feb-2013 | MOVED | ||
10-Nov-2020 | 30-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |