Subspecies Myiagra (Piezorhynchus) alecto melvillensis (Mathews, 1912)

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Subspecies Myiagra (Piezorhynchus) alecto melvillensis (Mathews, 1912)

Monarcha alecto melvillensis Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1(2): 25-52 [Date published 2 Apr 1912] [42] [chosen here as senior to simultaneously published Myiagra rubecula melvillensis Mathews, 1912 in Myiagra Vigors & Horsfield: ICdZN Art. 24.2].
Piezorhynchus nitidus Gould, J. 1841. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Dec. 8, 1840. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 168-178 [Date published Jul 1841: publication dated 1840] [171] [junior secondary homonym of Myiagra nitida Gould, 1838 (= Myiagra cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1818)) in Myiagra Vigors & Horsfield, 1827].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 3349 adult ♂, NT: Port Essington.
Monarcha alecto tormenti Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1: 81-103 [Date published 18 Sep 1912] [91] [as Monarcha alicto tormenti, an incorrect subsequent spelling of alecto Temminck corrected here].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, 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, 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

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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