Species Leipoa ocellata Gould, 1840
Malleefowl, Gnow, Lowan, Mallee Hen, Native Pheasant, Pheasant
- Leipoa ocellata Gould, J. 1840. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5. (Pl. 78).
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP ANSP 13615 Skin, South Australia; ANSP ANSP 12774 Skin, South Australia. - Leipoa ocellata rosinae Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [177].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 539299 Skin, South Australia. - Leipoa penicillata Wheelwright, H.W. 1861. Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist; or Notes on the Field Sports and Fauna of Australia Felix. By An Old Bushman. London : Routledge, Warne, & Routledge pp. xv + 272. [272] [nomen nudum; the name does not appear to be within the text].
Secondary source:
Mathews, G.M. 1920. The Birds of Australia. Supplement No. 1. Check List of the Birds of Australia Part 1. Orders Casuariiformes to Menuriformes. London : Witherby pp. iv 1-116. [Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240) (collation of livraisons affecting original description) Mathews, G.M. 1911. On some necessary alterations in the nomenclature of birds. Pt II. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 1–22 (collation of livraisons affecting original description) Sherborn, C.D. 1922. Index Animalium; sive, Index nominem quae ab A.D. 1758 generibus et speciebus animalium imposita sunt, societatibus eruditorum adiuvantibus. Sectio Secunda, 1801–1850. London : British Museum Pt 1 cxxxvi 128 pp. [lxxx]] [3].
Introduction
Sometimes referred to erroneously as 'Pheasant' or 'Native Pheasant'.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
- 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. [113]
- Menkhorst, P., Rogers, D., Clarke, R., Davies, J., Marsack, P. & Franklin, K. 2019. The Australian Bird Guide. Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing 2nd, pp. 576. [212]
- Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2010. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) 8, pp. 381. [20]
General References
ICZN 2009. Opinion 2231 (case 3415). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(3): 293-294 [293] (Leipoa ocellata Gould, [1 December] 1940 placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology)
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [16] (Malleefowl, Gnow, Lowan, Mallee Hen, Native Pheasant, Pheasant)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [14] (Malleefowl)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 02-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | 20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2020 | 06-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |