Subspecies Cacatua (Licmetis) pastinator pastinator (Gould, 1841)

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• Licmetis pastinator Gould, J. 1841. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Dec. 8, 1840. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 168-178 [Date published Jul 1841: publication dated 1840] [175] [neither type specimens nor precise locality specified in original description; ANSP 22244, a male from 'West Australia', identified as type (=lectotype) by Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129–180, but there is no evidence that it was the basis for Gould's description of pastinator and it is not recognized as type material by Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246; moreover, the measurements of this specimen (F. B. Gill, pers. comm.) identify it with the northern of the two WA subspecies, in contrast to the original description of pastinator which fits the southern form better, see Schodde, R., Smith, G.T., Mason, I.J. & Weatherly, R.G. 1979. Relationships and speciation in the Australian corellas (Psittacidae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 99: 128–137 [Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84]; Ford, J. 1987. New subspecies of Grey Shrike-thrush and Long-billed Corella from Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 16: 172–176; to stabilize nomenclature, a neotype is designated here from the populations of the southern subspecies—this designation has the approval of the Taxonomic Advisory Committee of the Royal Austalasian Ornithologists Union].

  Type data:

   Neotype WAM 1863.7.6.3 ♀ adult, Nabagup Farm, Lake Muir, WA (as Western Australia).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Schodde, R. in Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1997. Aves (Columbidae to Coraciidae). In, Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 37.2 xiii 440 pp. [93].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Now restricted to extreme SW Australia, between Warren River, Frankland and Boyup Brook—formerly extending southwards to Albany, Pallinup River and Kojonup and northwards to the Swan River in early days of settlement.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, nomadic, open forest, root-feeder, sedentary, terrestrial, tussock grassland, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, in fields cleared of Eucalyptus marginata-E. calophylla forest, feeds communally on the ground digging for seeds and bulbs, now principally those of the introduced Onion Grass (Romulea rosea) and also cereals, flocks in small to moderate-sized groups, flies with regular wing beats and frequent gliding, nests in tree hollows lined with wood debris, both parents incubate and feed yellow-downed chicks, wanders locally to food sources.

General References

Carter, T. 1912. Notes on Licmetis pastinator (Western Long-billed Cockatoo). Ibis 9 6: 627-634 (general biology)

ICZN 2012. Opinion 2293 (Case 3482) Psittacus tenuirostris Kuhl, 1820 and Licmeris pastinator Gould, 1841 (currently Cacatua tenuirostris and Cacatua pastinator; Aves, Psittaciformes): usage conserved by designation of a neotype for Psittacus tenuirostris Kuhl, 1820. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 69(1): 75-76 (use of name conserved by designation of neotype for Psittacus tenuirostris Kuhl, 1820)

Schodde, R., Smith, G.T., Mason, I.J. & Weatherly, R.G. 1979. Relationships and speciation in the Australian corellas (Psittacidae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 99: 128-137 (ecology of distribution)

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