Subspecies Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831)

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• Plyctolophus leadbeateri Vigors, N.A. 1831. In Proceedings of meeting of Committee Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London, April 26, 1831. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1830–31: 61 [published June 1831, publication dated as 1830–1831] [61] [as Leadbeateri; described from a specimen supplied by B & J. Leadbeater, dealers, to the Zoological Society of London, later acquired by BMNH according to Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls (124)—since lost according to Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp., but possibly in RMNH, see Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2. (41); probably figured on pl. 5 titled Plyctolophus leadbeateri Vigors in Lear, E. 1831. Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or Parrots: the greater part of them species hitherto unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic plates, drawn from life, and on stone. London : E. Lear 42 pls, Pt VI pp. [published between 1830–1832; Pt VI, Aug. 1831], given date and Lear's association with the Zoological Society of London, see Hyman, S. 1980. Edward Lear's Birds. Secaucus, N.J : Wellfleet Press 96 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. 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)]; this figure has the broad yellow crest band of the eastern subspecies; also collected by Charles Sturt on central Darling and Murray-Murrumbidgee River systems in 1828–1829 and 1829–1830, see Sturt, C. 1833. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia during the years 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831: with observations on the soil, climate and general resources of the Colony of New South Wales. London : Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. I lxxx 219 pp., Vol. 2 v 271 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.], but doubtfully type material for reasons implicit in Schodde, R. 1993. Geographic forms of the Regent Parrot, Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear), and their type localities. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 113: 44–47].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (ex Zool. Soc. Lond. coll., probably figured on pl. 5 in Horton, W. 1975. The birds of Mt. Isa. Sunbird 6: 49–69), central NSW (Macquarie River) (as New Holland).

  Type locality references:

  Schodde, R. 1993. Geographic forms of the Regent Parrot, Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear), and their type localities. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 113: 44-47 (cf. Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171–455 [publication dated Jan. 1912, published 31 Jan.]).
• Plyctolophus erythropterus Swainson, W. 1837. On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. In, Lardner, D. (ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor Vol. 2(92) vi 398 pp. [publication dated 1836-1837 Kluge, A.G. 1971. John Edward Gray and "The Zoological Miscellany". In Gray, J.E. (1831–1844). The Zoological Miscellany. [reprint]. U.S.A. Misc. Publ. of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.] [302] [nom. nov. for Plyctolophus leadbeateri Vigors, 1831, as figured on pl. 5 in Lear, E. 1831. Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or Parrots: the greater part of them species hitherto unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic plates, drawn from life, and on stone. London : E. Lear 42 pls, Pt VI pp. [published between 1830–1832; Pt VI, Aug. 1831]].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schodde, R. 1993. The bird fauna of western New South Wales: geography and status. pp. 107-121 in Lunney, D. (ed.). The Future of Native Fauna in Western New South Wales. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales / Surrey Beatty. [113]

Generic Combinations

• Cacatua (Lophochroa) leadbeateri leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831). —
  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. [98]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Inland SE Australia, north to about Birdsville, Windorah, Charleville and Mitchell, QLD—east to western fringes of Darling Downs, QLD, Lightning Ridge, middle Bogan River and West Wyalong, NSW—south to Griffith, and Wanganella-Moulamein, NSW, and Hopetoun and Tailem Bend in the VIC-SA mallee (avoiding much of Hay plains)—west to the eastern fringes of the N Mt Lofty-S Flinders Ranges (formerly Adelaide Plains) as far north-west as Cordillo Downs and Cuddapan, SA, accidental in Flinders Ranges.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, nomadic, open scrub, resident, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, feeds communally on the ground or in trees on seeds and also on larval wood-borers, flocks out of breeding, flies with regular, even wing beats with little gliding, nests in territorial pairs in tree hollows lined with wood debris, both parents incubate and feed yellow-downed chicks, wanders regionally to seasonal food sources.

General References

Boehm, E.F. 1961. Pink Cockatoo in southern South Australia. The Emu 61: 138-139 [July, 1830, publication dated as 1831] (status)

Lea, A.M. & Gray, J.T. 1935. The food of Australian birds. An analysis of the stomach contents. The Emu 34: 275-292 (diet)

Tarr, H.E. 1967. The Pink Cockatoo. Australian Bird Watcher 3: 50-55 (general natural history; hybridization with Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817))

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