Genus Lopholaimus Gould, 1841

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lopholaimus Gould, J. 1841. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Pt 5 in 5 92 pls. [published Dec. 1841 1848 in Vol. 5] [text to pl. 61] [ex G.R. Gray ms; published without description but introduced to replace Lophorynchus Swainson, 1837 (q.v.) and based by reference on Columba antarctica Shaw, 1793 and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5); also spelt Lopholaemus by Agassiz, L. 1842. Nomina Systematica Generum Avium. In, Nomenclator Zoologicus, continens Nomina Systematica Generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris, in quibus reperiuntur, anno editionis, etymologia et familiis, ad quas pertenent, in singulis classibus. Fasc. II. Soloduri : Jent & Gassmann. x 82, 25 pp. (43); and Lopholoemus by Bonaparte, C.L. 1855. Coup d'oeil sur l'ordre des pigeons. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 40: 205–221 [published 29 Jan.] (218)].

  Type species:

   Columba antarctica Shaw, 1793 by monotypy.
• Lophorynchus 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.] [348] [proposed as subgenus of Ptilinopus Swainson, 1825; commonly misspelt Lophorhynchus and interpreted as a junior homonym of Lophorhynchus Vieillot, 1816 (=Cariama Brisson, 1760) (Aves, Cariamidae) e.g., by Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls (235); Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp.; Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia Pt 1 Non-passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.—Swainson, however, spelt the name unaspirated in the original description, without any indication that it was an incorrect original spelling, see ICZN Art. 32(c), and accordingly, it is validly published, available under ICZN Art. 56(b), and senior to Lopholaimus Gould, 1841; nevertheless, Lophorynchus Swainson, 1837 has not been used as the senior name for this genus since it was replaced by Lopholaimus Gould in 1841 (see Gould, J. 1841. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Pt 5 in 5 92 pls pp. [published Dec. 1841 1848 in Vol. 5], text to pl. 61), and it is not taken up here, under ICZN Art. 80, because it has been referred by the Standing Committee on Ornithological Nomenclature (SCON) of the International Ornithological Committee to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for suppression under ICZN Art. 79].

  Type species:

   Columba dilopha Temminck, 1821 by monotypy (=Lopholaimus antarcticus (Shaw, 1793)).
• Lopholaemus Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls. [235] [unjustified emendation of Lopholaimus Gould, 1841].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [164] (circumscription established from Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

History of changes