Subspecies Gerygone magnirostris magnirostris Gould, 1843

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• Gerygone magnirostris Gould, J. 1843. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Oct. 11, 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842(10): 131-140 [Date published Feb 1843: publication dated 1842] [133].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANSP 771 adult ♀ (this is noted as a male by Stone & Mathews (1913: 156)), NT: Port Essington [11°16'S, 132°09'E].
  Paralectotype(s) ANSP 770 adult ♂, NT: Port Essington [11°16'S, 132°09'E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129-180 [Date published 28 Feb 1913] [156].

  Type locality references:

  Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [221].
• Gerygone magnirostris melvillensis Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1(2): 25-52 [Date published 2 Apr 1912] [39].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 606554 adult ♂, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11ᵒ35'S, 144ᵒ28'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 606555 Unknown, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11°35' S, 130°28' E]; AMNH 606556 Unknown, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11°35' S, 130°28' E]; AMNH 606557 Unknown, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11°35' S, 130°28' E]; AMNH 606559 Unknown, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11°35' S, 130°28' E]; AMNH 606566 Unknown, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11°35' S, 130°28' E]; AMNH 606567 Unknown, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11°35' S, 130°28' E]; AMNH 606568 Unknown, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11°35' S, 130°28' E]; AMNH 606569 Unknown, NT: Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Melville Island [11°35' S, 130°28' E].

  Type locality references:

  LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [173].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Arnhem (CA), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, mangrove or mangal, paperbark woodland, tropical rainforest.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2018	ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854	01-Dec-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)