Subspecies Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica rufescens Ingram, 1906

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Subspecies Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica rufescens Ingram, 1906

Mirafra rufescens Ingram, C 1906. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16(126): 115-116 [Date published 10 Jul 1906] [115].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 556703 ♀, NT: Alexandria Station.
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] [170] (type details and review of Mirafra javanica in Australia).
Mirafra javanica normantoni Mayr, E. & McEvey, A.R. 1960. The distribution and variation of Mirafra javanica in Australia. The Emu 60: 155-192 [Date published Aug 1960] [173] [considered by Schodde & Mason (1999) as an intergrade between M. j. rufescens and M. j. horsfieldi].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 556264 adult ♂, Qld: Normanton.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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. [717]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

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, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf

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)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	25-May-2023	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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