Subspecies Gliciphila melanops melanops (Latham, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Certhia melanops Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [xxxvi].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH Watling drawing No. 99 (in Library of the Zoology Department, British Museum (Natural History)), New South Wales; BMNH Watling drawing No. 100 (in Library of the Zoology Department, British Museum (Natural History)), New South Wales; BMNH Watling drawing No. 101 (in Library of the Zoology Department, British Museum (Natural History)), New South Wales.
• Certhia melinora 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. [198] [apparently published April 1811].
• Certhia mellivora Shaw, 1812.
• Meliphaga albiventris Stephens, J.F. 1826. In, General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S. & C. Aves. London : J. & A. Arch etc. Vol. XIV Pt I 385 pp. pls 1-41. [published late 1826] [261].
• Meliphaga fulvifrons Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [317].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.67a adult unsexed, NSW: Sydney.
  Paratype(s) BMNH, NSW: Sydney.
• Philedon rubrifrons Lesson, R.P. 1830. Journal d'un voyage pittoresque autor du monde exécuté sur la corvette la Coquille, commandee par M.L.J. Duperrey pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825. Paris Vol. 1. [Date published 9 Jan 1830] [646].
• Gliciphila melanops chandleri Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [399].
• Gliciphila melanops braba 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] [49].
• Gliciphila melanops crassirostris Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [399].
• Gliciphila melanops westernensis Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [399].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Low sclerophyll heath.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)