Subspecies Mirafra (Mirafra) javanica woodwardi Milligan, 1901

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mirafra woodwardi Milligan, A.W. 1901. Description of a new species of Mirafra (Bush-lark) from Western Australia. Victorian Naturalist 18(2): 25-26 [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM A.3452 adult ♂ (re-registered as A.31534), WA: Onslow.

  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] [159] (type details and review of Mirafra javanica in Australia).
• Mirafra javanica subrufescens Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [426].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 556350 ♀, WA: Tabba Tabba Station, south of Fitzroy River.

  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] [161] (type details and review of Mirafra javanica in Australia).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Tussock grassland.

 

History of changes

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