Genus Gerygone Gould, 1841

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• Gerygone Gould, J. in Grey, G. 1841. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in north-west and western Australia, during the years 1837, 38 and 39 under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. (Appendix D, pp. 415-421). [publication date] [417].

  Type species:

   Psilopus albogularis Gould, J., 1838 (= Psilopus olivaceus Gould) by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [22].
• Psilopus Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [pt. 4: 61] [junior homonym of Psilopus Poli, 1795 (Mollusca) and Psilopus Meigen, 1824 (Diptera), and unavailable].

  Type species:

   Psilopus albogularis Gould, J., 1838 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [22].
• Ostiarius Gistel, J. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere schulen bearbeitet. Stuttgart xvi 216 pp., 32 pls. [x] [replacement name for Psilopus Gould 1838, preoccupied by Psilopus Poli, 1795 (Mollusca) and Psilopus Meigen, 1824 (Diptera)].
• Pseudogerygone Sharpe, R.B. 1879. On Pseudogerygone rubra, a remarkable new species of Flycatcher, from the Arfak Mountains, North-Western New Guinea. Notes from the Leyden Museum 1: 29 [Date published Jan 1879] [29].

  Type species:

   Gerygone personata Gould, J., 1866 by original designation.
• Ethelornis Mathews, G.M. 1912. New generic names for Australian birds. Austral Avian Records 1: 105-117 [Date published 24 Dec 1912] [110].

  Type species:

   Gerygone magnirostris Gould, J., 1843 by original designation.
• Royigerygone Mathews, G.M. 1912. New generic names for Australian birds. Austral Avian Records 1: 105-117 [Date published 24 Dec 1912] [110].

  Type species:

   Gerygone modesta Pelzeln, 1860 by original designation.
• Wilsonavis Mathews, G.M. 1912. New generic names for Australian birds. Austral Avian Records 1: 105-117 [Date published 24 Dec 1912] [110].

  Type species:

   Psilopus fuscus Gould, J., 1846 by original designation.
• Maorigerygone Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1913. A Reference List of the Birds of New Zealand. Part 2. Ibis 10 1(3): 402-452 [437].

  Type species:

   Curruca ignata Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 by original designation.

 

Excluded Taxa

Vagrant Species

ACANTHIZIDAE: Gerygone levigaster pallida Finsch, 1898 [vagrant to Torres Strait Islands]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD) ; WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Mallee (MAL)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	15-Sep-2022	MODIFIED
31-Oct-2018	ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854	02-Jan-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)