Subspecies Manorina (Myzantha) melanocephala melanocephala (Latham, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gracula melanocephala Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [28] [junior to simultaneously published Merops garrulus Latham, 1802 by action of first reviser, Gould, Handbook to the Birds of Australia 2 (1865: 574), ICdZN Art. 24.2 — but kept as a nomen protectum here because used as the valid name for this form in virtually all primary literature since 1899: ICdZN Art. 23.9].
• Merops cucullatus Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [33] [junior to simultaneously published Gracula melanocephala Latham, 1802 and Merops garrulus Latham, 1802 in all literature where names cited together: ICdZN Art. 24.2].
• Merops garrulus Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [34] [senior to simultaneously published Gracula melanocephala Latham, 1802 by action of first reviser, Gould, Handbook to the Birds of Australia 2 (1865: 574) ICdZN Art. 24.2 — but designated a nomen oblitum here because not used in virtually all primary literature since 1899: ICdZN Art. 23.9].
• Merops albifrons Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [35] [junior to simultaneously published Gracula melanocephala Latham, 1802 and Merops garrulus Latham, 1802 in all literature where names cited together: ICdZN Art. 24.2].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Temperate eucalypt, tropical eucalypt.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)