Subspecies Lalage (Diaphoropterus) leucopyga leucopyga (Gould, 1838) (Extinct)

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• Symmorphus leucopygus Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [3] [although leucopygus Gould may be treated as a noun in apposition, Gould having provided no indication, it is maintained here as an adjective, following 'decisive evidence of usage': ICdZN Art. 31.2.2].

  Type data:

   Holotype (type specimen(s) lost, see Stone & Mathews (1913: 182)), New South Wales (= Norfolk Island).

  Secondary source:

   Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. Additional species described by Gould from Norfolk, Lord Howe, and Philip Islands. Austral Avian Records 1: 182-183 [182] (loss of type specimen(s)).
• Campephaga longicaudata von Pelzeln, A. 1860. Zur ornithologie der insel Norfolk. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 41: 319-332 [321].
• Campephaga longicauda Mathews, G.M. 1930. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. Pt 2 pp. London : British Ornithologists' Union pp. 427-1048. [552] [incorrect subsequent spelling of Campephaga longicaudata Pelzeln, 1860, in synonymy, and unavailable].
• Symmorphus leucopygius Sharpe, R.B. 1879. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum Cichlomorphae: Part 1. London : British Museum Vol. 4 xvi + 494 pp. [109] [intentional emendation of leucopygus Gould, 1838, but unavailable, being deemed identical: ICdZN Art. 58.15].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, subtropical rainforest.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	27-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED