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Species Hirundo (Hirundo) tahitica Gmelin, 1789

Pacific Swallow

Distribution

States

Queensland


Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: Torres Strait Islands
  • Fiji
  • French Polynesia
  • Indonesia
    • Irian Jaya
  • Papua New Guinea
    • New Britain
  • Tonga

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, human habitation, mangrove or mangal.

 

Nomenclatural details of nominate taxon, not in Australia

Hirundo tahitica Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synomymis, locis. Tomus I. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Pt 2. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer pp. 501-1032 [1016] [publication dated 1788].

 

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)
12-Feb-2010 (import)