Genus Leipoa Gould, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leipoa Gould, J. 1840. Untitled. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1841. [126].

  Type species:

   Leipoa ocellata Gould, 1840 by original designation.
• Lipoa Sundevall, C.J. 1873. Methodi Naturalis Avium Disponendarum Tentamen. Stockholm : Samson & Wallin Pt II pp. 73-187 + 12 (Appendix). [publication dated as 1872] [118] (Emendment of Leipoa, Gould) [not Bonaparte 1842].
• Leiopa Gray, G.R. 1841. A List of the Genera of Birds, with their synonyms and an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J. Taylor xii 115 pp. [Date published Sep 1841].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

General References

ICZN 2009. Opinion 2231 (case 3415). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(3): 293-294 [293] (Leipoa Gould, [1 December] 1940 placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology)

History of changes