Subspecies Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica horsfieldii Gould, 1847

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• Mirafra horsfieldii Gould, J. 1847. Descriptions of six new species of Australian birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847(15): 1-3 [Date published 29 Mar 1847] [1] [the frequent emendation horsfieldi is deemed identical and corrected as an incorrect subsequent spelling: ICdZN Arts. 33.4 and 58.14].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 14766 adult ♂, NSW: (= Cobborah); type locality restricted by Mayr & McEvey (1960).

  Secondary source:

   Mayr, E. & McEvey, A.R. 1960. The distribution and variation of Mirafra javanica in Australia. The Emu 60: 155-192 [Date published Aug 1960] [177] (type details and review of Mirafra javanica in Australia).
• Mirafra javanica queenslandica Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [425].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 556261 unsexed, Qld: Inkerman.

  Secondary source:

   Mayr, E. & McEvey, A.R. 1960. The distribution and variation of Mirafra javanica in Australia. The Emu 60: 155-192 [Date published Aug 1960] [174] (type details and review of Mirafra javanica in Australia).
• Mirafra javanica grisescens Mathews, G.M. 1930. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. Pt 2 pp. London : British Ornithologists' Union pp. 427-1048. [821] [junior primary homonym of Mirafra grisescens Sharpe, 1902; attributed to Hartert, 1905, Novit. zool. 12: 237 — but Hartert said that he was only comparing the un-named specimen to which Mathews (l.c.) gave the name grisescens with material of Mirafra grisescens Sharpe, 1902].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 556298 adult ♂, Vic: Swan Hill.
• Anthus insidens Cotton, J. 1848. List of birds which frequent the upper portion of the River Goulburn in the district of Port Phillip, New South Wales. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science 3(5): 361-365 [Date published Jul 1848] [363] [nomen nudum; nor made available in the spelling invidens in the synonymy of Mirafra javanica horsfieldii Gould, 1847 by Mathews, Bull. B.O.C. 44, 15: ICdZN Art. 11.5 and 6].
• Mirafra javanica keasti Mayr, E. & McEvey, A.R. 1960. The distribution and variation of Mirafra javanica in Australia. The Emu 60: 155-192 [Date published Aug 1960] [181].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV B.7102 ♂, SA: Bool Lagoon, south of Naracoorte.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Tussock grassland.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)