Species Melithreptus (Eidopsarus) validirostris (Gould, 1837)

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Species Melithreptus (Eidopsarus) validirostris (Gould, 1837)

Strong-billed Honeyeater

Haematops validirostris Gould, J. 1837. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [publication dated 1837–1838, Pt 2, Jan. (=Apr.) 1837] [pl. 17].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 18327 ♂, Tasmania.
Sturnus virescens Wagler, J. 1827. Systema Avium. Sturnus, sp. 5. Stuttgart and Tubingen : J.G. Cottae. [sp. 5] [junior secondary homonym of Melithreptus virescens Vieillot, 1817 (= Lichenostomus virescens (Vieillot, 1817)) in Melithreptus Vieillot, 1816, and although taxa no longer considered congeneric, virescens Wagler, 1827 is rendered invalid by its previous replacement e.g. by Mathews, Systema Avium Australasianarum 2 (1930: 738), ICdZN Art. 59.3].
Eidopsarus bicinctus Swainson, W. 1837. Animals in Menageries. In, Lardner, D. (ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman & John Taylor Vol. 6(98) 373 pp. [publication dated 13 Jan. 1838] [published June/July 1837 = 31 July 1837: ICdZN Art. 21.3].
Melithreptus validirostris kingi Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129] [131].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath, temperate rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest.

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. (Strong-billed Honeyeater)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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