Subspecies Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica soderbergi Mathews, 1921

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Subspecies Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica soderbergi Mathews, 1921

Mirafra javanica soderbergi Mathews, G.M. 1921. Additions and Corrections to my list of the Birds of Australia, 1913 and Check List, Part 1, 1920. Austral Avian Records 4(6): 135-138 [Date published 1 Aug 1921] [137] [replacement name for Mirafra javanica nigrescens Mathews, 1912].
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] [168] (type details and review of Mirafra javanica in Australia).
Mirafra javanica nigrescens Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [426] [junior primary homonym of Mirafra nigrescens Reichenow, 1900].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 556315 unsexed, NT: Eureka, 20-25 miles south-west of Darwin.
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] [167] (type details and review of Mirafra javanica in Australia).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

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, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Western Australia: 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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