Subspecies Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica melvillensis Mathews, 1912

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Subspecies Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica melvillensis Mathews, 1912

Mirafra javanica melvillensis Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1: 81-103 [Date published 18 Sep 1912] [102].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 556406 unsexed, NT: Melville Island.
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] [169] (type details and review of Mirafra javanica in Australia).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Restricted to Tiwi Islands.

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

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Tussock grassland.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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