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Subspecies Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews, 1915

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Subspecies Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews, 1915

  • Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129] [127].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) AMNH 618112 unsexed (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Tasmania (as Tasmania); AMNH 618113 unsexed (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Tasmania (as Tasmania); AMNH 618114 unsexed (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. unspecified), Tasmania (as Tasmania)
    Comment: for identification and type locality of syntypes, see Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Primarily E TAS, erratically reaching King Is.(?) but not Furneaux group—no established evidence of trans-Bass Strait migration, see Blakers, M., Davies, S.J.J.F. & Reilly, P.N. 1984. The Atlas of Australian Birds. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press/Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xlvi 738 pp..


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

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania

Distribution References

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 (accidentally?) insects and larvae in tree crowns in eucalypt woodlands and forests, flocks and roosts in communal groups, flies directly on swiftly beating wings, wanders locally and regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Green, R.H. 1989. Birds of Tasmania. 3rd Edn An annotated checklist with illustrations. Launceston : R.H. Green 84 pp. (status and subspecific character (plate, p. 32)—but trans-Bass Strait migration needs confirmation)

 

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)
26-Oct-2015 01-Mar-2012 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)