Species Myiagra (Piezorhynchus) alecto (Temminck, 1827)

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Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal, Torres Strait Islands
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea
  • Bismarck Archipelago
  • D'Entrecasteaux Ils

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, mangrove or mangal, tropical rainforest.

 

Nomenclatural details of nominate taxon, not in Australia

Drymophila alecto Temminck, C.J. (1827). Nouveau Recueil des Planches Coloriees d'Oiseaux pour servir de suite et de complement aux Planches Enluminees de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault Vol. 1-4 [pl. 430, fig. 1].

 

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. (Shining Flycatcher)

 

History of changes

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