Species Motacilla (Calobates) cinerea Tunstall, 1771

Museums

Regional Maps

• Motacilla cinerea Tunstall, M. 1771. Ornithologia Brittanica; seu, Avium omnium Brittannicarum tam terrestrium, quam aquaticarum catalogus, sermone Latino, Anglico & Gallico redditis; cui subjicitur appendix, aves alienigenas, in Angliam raro adventientes, complectens. London : M. Tunstall. [2] [officially available: ICmZN Opinion 882].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Identity of subspecies visiting Australia not established. Rare migrant to Northern Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Human habitation, subtropical rainforest, tropical eucalypt, tropical rainforest.

 

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [213]

 

Common Name References

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. (Grey Wagtail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2015	MOTACILLIDAE Horsfield, 1821	03-Nov-2015	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		14-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)