Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Lonchura Sykes, 1832

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Genus Lonchura Sykes, 1832

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

ESTRILDIDAE: Lonchura atricapilla novana Mathews, 1929

ESTRILDIDAE: Lonchura malacca atricapilla (Vieillot, 1807)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal, Torres Strait Islands
    • Western Australia: N coastal
  • Indonesia
    • Irian Jaya
  • Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

  • Bangladesh
  • Burma (= Myanmar)
  • China (People's Republic)
    • Hainan
    • Yunnan
  • Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
  • India
    • Assam
  • Indonesia
  • Kampuchea (Cambodia)
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam

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)
10-Nov-2020 AVES 15-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
28-Oct-2015 ESTRILDIDAE Bonaparte, 1850 15-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020 PASSERIFORMES 15-Sep-2022 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
15-Sep-2022 MODIFIED