Species Geoffroyus geoffroyi (Bechstein, 1811)

Museums

Regional Maps

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. [233-235]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

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), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Psittacus geoffroyi Bechstein, J.M. 1811. Kurze Uebersicht aller bekannten Vögel oder ihre Kennzeichen der Art nach Lathams General Synopsis of Birds und seinem Index ornithologicus. Nürnberg : A.G. Schneider & Weigel iv 536 pp. 42 pls [103] [Pt 1, 1811, iv 320 pp.; as Geoffroyi; senior to Psittacus personatus Shaw, 1812, see 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.; 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); cf. Finsch, O. 1868. Die Papageien, monographisch bearbeitet. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 vii 996 pp. 5 pls (375); 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 (402); based on le Perroquet Geoffroy on p. 68 and pls. 112 (male) and 113 (female) in Levaillant, F. 1805. Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets. Paris : Levrault, Schoell & Ce Vol. 2 112 pp. pls 72–139 [published between 1801–1805], in turn based on material collected on Timor by the Baudin expedition in 1801 and 1803, see Hellmayr, C.E. 1914. I. Die Avifauna von Timor. In, Haniel, C.B. Zoologie von Timor. Stuttgart : E. Schweizerbartschen, Ngele & Sproesser. vi 112 pp. 1 pl. (80); for identity of name, see 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 (403)]

Type data: syntypes MNHP ♂*, MNHP ♀* (♂ figured on pl. 21 of original description and on pl. 112, ♀ figured on pl. 113 in Levaillant, F. 1805. Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets. Paris : Levrault, Schoell & Ce Vol. 2 112 pp. pls 72–139 [published between 1801–1805]).
Type locality: Timor (as Neuholland), see Hellmayr, C.E. 1914. I. Die Avifauna von Timor. In, Haniel, C.B. Zoologie von Timor. Stuttgart : E. Schweizerbartschen, Ngele & Sproesser. vi 112 pp. 1 pl. [80].

 

General References

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Forshaw, J.M. 1966. Observations and systematic notes on the Red-cheeked Parrot. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14: 175-180 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Hartert, E. 1924. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection. IV. Novitates Zoologicae 31: 112-134 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Mack, G. 1953. Birds from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13: 1-39 (subspecific arrangement)

Rothschild, W. & Hartert, E. 1901. Notes on Papuan birds. Novitates Zoologicae 8: 55-88 [82-86] (subspecific arrangement and specific limits)

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. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

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)