Subspecies Todiramphus (Todiramphus) sanctus norfolkiensis (Tristram, 1885)

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• Halcyon norfolkiensis Tristram, H.B. 1885. On two birds from Norfolk Island. Ibis 5 3: 48-49 [49] [also as incorrect subsequent spelling, norfolkensis and attributed to Layard and Tristram by Tristram, H.B. 1889. Catalogue of a Collection of Birds belonging to H.B. Tristram., D.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Durham : H.B. Tristram xvi 278 pp. (93), and Sharpe, R.B. 1892. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Picariae. Coraciae (contin.) and Halcyones. London : British Museum Vol. 17 xi 522 pp. XVII pls (271); based on two specimens collected by E.L. Layard in Oct. 1879, cf. Mathews, G.M. 1928. The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant with Additions to "The Birds of Australia". London : H.F. & G. Witherby xii 139 pp. pls 1–45; for their identification and deposition, see Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.; Wagstaffe, R. 1978. Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums. Liverpool : Merseyside County Museums, Merseyside County Council 33 pp.].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LIVCM T. 6527 ♂, Norfolk Is.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1898.12.2.711 adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Tristram, H.B. 1889. Catalogue of a Collection of Birds belonging to H.B. Tristram., D.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Durham : H.B. Tristram xvi 278 pp. [93].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Presently restricted to main island.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, closed forest, diurnal, littoral, piscivore, sedentary, territorial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, feeds from forest edge to clearings and sea-shore in pouncing sallies from vantage perches, nests in hollows.

 

General References

Bassett-Hull, A.F. 1910. The Birds of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 636-693 (nidification)

Mathews, G.M. 1928. The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant with Additions to "The Birds of Australia". London : H.F. & G. Witherby xii 139 pp. pls 1-45. (morphology)

Schodde, R., Fullagar, P. & Hermes, N. 1983. A Review of Norfolk Island Birds: Past and Present. Canberra : Aust. Natl Parks Wldlf. Serv. Spec. Publ. 8 viii (un-numbered) 119 pp. (status, ecology)

 

History of changes

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