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Subspecies Geophaps (Geophaps) smithii smithii (Jardine & Selby, 1830)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory


Extra Distribution Information

Arnhem Land and Melville-Bathurst Ils, NT, south to Daly and N Roper River drainages, and today abundant only in upper Daly and Alligator Rivers catchments—formerly more widespread south-west to Keep River drainage, WA and south-east to McArthur River-Settlement Creek region, NT/QLD border.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, open forest, sedentary, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, ground-feeding seed-eater in well-grassed woodland, flushes explosively, flapping high and gliding away, drinks in groups, nests on ground at close of wet season, wanders only locally to seasonal food sources.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-Aug-2013 MODIFIED