Subspecies Glossopsitta concinna concinna (Shaw, 1791)
- Psittacus australis Latham, J. 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive Systema Ornithologiae; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. London : Leigh & Sotheby Vol. 1 & 2 xviii 920 pp. [104] [junior homonym of Psittacus australis Gmelin, 1788 (=Vini australis (Gmelin, 1788), Loriinae); based on the Pacific Paroquet, a new variety, on p. 155 and plate opposite in Phillip, A. 1789. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island compiled from authentic papers. London : J. Stockdale viii x 298 lxxiv pp. 54 pls].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (?lost, figured on plate opposite p. 155 in Phillip, A. 1789. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island compiled from authentic papers. London : J. Stockdale viii x 298 lxxiv pp. 54 pls), region of Port Jackson, NSW [as nova Wallia australi].Type locality references:
Phillip, A. 1789. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island compiled from authentic papers. London : J. Stockdale viii x 298 lxxiv pp. 54 pls. (cf. Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171–455 [publication dated Jan. 1912, published 31 Jan.]). - Psittacus concinnus Shaw, G. in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. (ill.) 1791. The Naturalist's Miscellany; or coloured figures of natural objects drawn and described immediately from nature. London : Nodder Vol. III pls 75-110. [Date published dated 1792: publication dated as 1792] [text to pl. 87] [pl. 87 to original description dated Dec. 1791; type material unspecified but probably originally in Leverian Museum received via Governor Arthur Phillip and/or Surgeon-General John White from the First Fleet settlement at Port Jackson].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (possibly NHMW (Leverian Museum cat. no. 309), figured on pl. 87 in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. (ill.) 1791. The Naturalist's Miscellany; or coloured figures of natural objects drawn and described immediately from nature. London : Nodder Vol. III pls 75–110 pp.), New South Wales (?region of Port Jackson) (as Nova Hollandia/New Holland)
Comment: possible holotype preserved in NHMW ex Leverian Museum, see von Pelzeln, A. 1873. On the birds in the Imperial Collection at Vienna obtained from the Leverian Museum. Ibis 3 3: 14–54; Von Pelzeln, A. 1873. On the birds in the Imperial Collection at Vienna obtained from the Leverian Museum. Part II. Ibis 3 3: 105–124, but proof is lacking. - Psittacus pacificus phillipinus Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; being a translation of that part of the Systema Naturae, as lately published, with great improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. Class II. Birds. London : J. Murray & R. Faulder xii 644 pp. [583] [as Ps. pacificus Phillipinus, nom. nov. for Psittacus australis Latham, 1790, based on the Pacific Paroquet, a new variety, on p. 155 and plate opposite in Phillip, A. 1789. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island compiled from authentic papers. London : J. Stockdale viii x 298 lxxiv pp. 54 pls].
- Psittacus rubrifrons 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. [84] [based in part on la Perruche à bandeau rouge on pl. 48 in Levaillant, F. 1805. Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets. Paris : Levrault, Schoell & Ce Vol. 1 135 pp. pls 1–71 [published between 1801–1805]].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP (institution uncertain, figured on pl. 11 of original description and on pl. 48 in Levaillant, F. 1805. Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets. Paris : Levrault, Schoell & Ce Vol. 1 135 pp. pls 1–71 [published between 1801–1805]), New South Wales (as Sudsee Inseln … Otaheite).Type locality references:
Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912]. - Psittacus pacificus Shaw, G. 1812. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Aves. London : Kearsley, Wilkie & Robinson Vol. VIII Pt 2 vi pp. 244-557 pls 46-84. [Date published 1811] [419] [nom. nov. for Psittacus australis Latham, 1790 and P. concinnus Shaw, 1791; junior homonym of Psitttacus pacificus Gmelin, 1788 (=Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787), Platycercinae)].
- Psittacus velatus Vieillot, L.P. 1818. Perroquets ou Psittacins. pp. 292–382 in, Nouveau Dictionaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'Agriculture, à l'Écomomie rurale et domestique, à la Médecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle Édition. Paris : Déterville. [publication dated as 1817] [373] [based on la Perruche à bandeau rouge on pl. 48 in Levaillant, F. 1805. Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets. Paris : Levrault, Schoell & Ce Vol. 1 135 pp. pls 1–71 [published between 1801–1805]].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP (institution uncertain; figured on pl. 48 in Levaillant, F. 1805. Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets. Paris : Levrault, Schoell & Ce Vol. 1 135 pp. pls 1–71 [published between 1801–1805]), New South Wales (east coast) (as Nouvelle Hollande).Type locality references:
Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- White, C.M.N. 1938. 1. The races of Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw). 2. The races of Geopelia striata in Australia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 58: 114-115 [114]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Coastal and subcoastal south-east Australia, north along Great Dividing Range to Chinchilla-Bunya Mts, QLD, and erratically if at all to the Dawson-Expedition Ranges beyond—south-west through VIC and the South-East of SA to Mt Lofty-S Flinders Ranges and adjacent plains, S Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas, and Kangaroo Is., SA—and inland on west slopes of Great Dividing Range to Moree, Narromine, West Wyalong and Deniliquin, NSW, and Robinvale and the southern fringes of the Murray Mallee, VIC/SA—scarce to absent from highlands of NSW (Southern and Central Tablelands) and E VIC (Victorian Alps). Introduced and established about metropolitan Perth since mid 1970s.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, frugivorous, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, mellivore, nomadic, open forest, volant, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit-flesh and milky seeds and (accidentally?) insects and larvae in tree crowns in eucalypt woodlands and forests, flocks and roosts in communal groups, flies directly on swiftly beating wings, nests on bed of wood dust in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear whitish-downed, dark-billed chicks, wanders locally and regionally to seasonal food sources.
General References
Lea, A.M. & Gray, J.T. 1935. The food of Australian birds. An analysis of the stomach contents. The Emu 34: 275-292 (diet)
Low, R. 1977. Lories and Lorikeets: the brush-tongued Parrots. London : Paul Elek. (nidification)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Oct-2015 | 01-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |