Subgenus Macropygia (Macropygia) Swainson, 1837

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• Macropygia 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] [as subgenus of Columba Linnaeus, 1758; type species interpreted not as Columba phasianella Temminck, 1821 of Australia but as Columba phasianella Temminck, '1824' (=Macropygia tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1854) of Philippines by Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1921. A Manual of the Birds of Australia. Orders Casuarii to Columbae. London : H.F. & G. Witherby Vol. 1 xxiv 279 pp. 36 pls, and Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.; Mathews and Iredale (loc. cit.) quote as designator Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [published before Apr.] (58, before Apr.)—but while Gray mentions two species there, he cites neither as type and later designates Columba amboinensis Linnaeus, 1766, not an originally included species, see Gray, G.R. 1855. Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum 192 pp. (99); first to designate one of the originally included species as type was Selby, P.J. (below), nominating Columba phasianella without author or qualification by date; as it is, Columba phasianella Temminck, '1824' in Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1838. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault 102 livr. in 5 vols pp. [published Apr. 1822] (text to pl. 100 , livr. 17, published Apr. 1822)—one of the included species in the protologue of Macropygia (as 'M. phasianella Pl. Col. 100')—is based by direct reference on Australian Columba phasianella Temminck, 1821, published in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 13: 129 (pt 1, May)].

  Type species:

   Columba phasianella Temminck, 1821 by subsequent designation, see Selby, P.J. 1840. A Catalogue of the Generic and Sub-generic Types of the Class Aves, Birds, arranged according to the Natural System. Newcastle : T. & J. Hodgson 70 pp. [40].

  Secondary source:

   Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1838. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault 102 livr. in 5 vols pp. [Date published Apr. 1822]; Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.]; Gray, G.R. 1855. Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum 192 pp.; Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1921. A Manual of the Birds of Australia. Orders Casuarii to Columbae. London : H.F. & G. Witherby Vol. 1 xxiv 279 pp. 36 pls.; Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Himalayas and most of south-east Asia, Philippines, Greater and Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago.

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), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
  • Sulawesi (Celebes)

Distribution References

History of changes