Species Melithreptus (Melithreptus) affinis (Lesson, 1839)

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Species Melithreptus (Melithreptus) affinis (Lesson, 1839)

Black-headed Honeyeater

Eidopsarus affinis Lesson, L.P. 1839. Liste d'oiseaux nouveaux de la collection du docteur Abeille de Bordeaux. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 2 [Date published Jun 1839] [167].
Melithreptus melanocephalus Gould, J. 1845. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 18 92 pls. [pl. 75].
Type data:
Lectotype ANSP 18333 adult ♂, Tasmania.
Paralectotype(s) ANSP 18331 adult ♀, Tasmania.
Melithreptus alisteri Mathews, G.M. 1910. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 25: 85 [Date published 31 Mar 1910] [85].
Meliphaga atricapilla Jardine, W. & Selby, P.J. 1833. Illustrations of Ornithology. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars New Series Vol. 3 pl. 134 and text. [pl. 134] ['Preoccupied by both Meliphaga atricapilla Temminck and Lauguer, 1825, and Certhia atricapilla Latham, 1801 (sic 1802)', see Warren & Harrison (1971: 40)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1886.6.24.346 adult (ex Jardine Collection), Tasmania.

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 eucalypt, 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. (Black-headed 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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