Species Malurus (Leggeornis) amabilis Gould, 1852

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• Malurus amabilis Gould, J. 1852. On new Australian Birds in the Collection of the Zoological Society of London. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850(18): 276-279 [Date published 24 Jan 1852] [277] [specimen appears to no longer exist].

  Secondary source:

   Warren, R.L.M. & Harrison, C.J.O. 1971. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2 Passerines. London : British Museum vi 628 pp. [20].
• Malurus hypoleucus Gould, J. 1867. Description of a new species of the genus Malurus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 19: 369 [Date published 1 May 1867] [369].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1868.1.27.17 adult ♀, Qld: Cape York; BMNH, Qld: Cape York.
• Malurus amabilis barroni Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [361].
• Malurus (Malurus) amabils clarus Mack, G 1934. A revision of the Genus Malurus. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 8: 100-125 [Date published Sep 1934] [114].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV HLW.2584 adult ♂, Qld: Cardwell.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, low sclerophyll heath, mangrove or mangal, tropical rainforest.

Common Name References

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Lovely Fairy-wren)

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