Subspecies Hirundo (Hirundo) rustica gutturalis Scopoli, 1786

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• Hirundo gutturalis Scopoli, G.A. 1786. Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae; seu Novae, aut minus cognitae species plantarum et animalium quas in Insubria austriaca tam spontaneas, quam exoticas vidit, descripsit, et aeri incidi curavit Ionnes Antonius Scopoli. 3 pts. Ticini : Ex Typographia Reg. et Imp. Monasterii S. Salvatoris Vol. 2. [96].
• Hirundo fretensis Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 1 viii 636 pp. [Date published Sep 1865] [110].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1881.5.1.5925 immature unsexed, Australia: north coast.
• Hirundo frenata Blyth, E. 1866. The Ornithology of India. A Commentary on Dr. Jerdon's 'Birds of India'. Ibis 2 2(8): 336-376 [Date published Oct 1866] [336] [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Hirundo fretensis Gould, 1865, and unavailable: ICdZN Art. 33.3].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

Oriental Region

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Burma (= Myanmar)
• China (People's Republic)
• Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Aust. Terr.)
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Kampuchea (Cambodia)
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, human habitation, lignum or cane grass swamp, open freshwater wetland, paperbark woodland, tropical eucalypt, tussock grassland.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)