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Subspecies Neophema (Neonanodes) petrophila petrophila (Gould, 1841)

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Subspecies Neophema (Neonanodes) petrophila petrophila (Gould, 1841)

  • Euphema petrophila Gould, J. 1841. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Nov. 10, 1840. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 147-151 [publication dated 1840] [148] [type material not specified in original description, but a single specimen may be inferred from measurements; ANSP 22942 designated as type by Stone, W. in Stone, W. & Mathews, G.M. 1913. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the location of the type-specimens. Austral Avian Records 1: 129–180, but this specimen is the male illustrated on pl. 40 in Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5 92 pls pp. [Pt 8, 1842], and not necessarily type material, see Meyer de Schauensee, R. 1957. On some avian types, principally Gould's, in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109: 123–246 who excludes it].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANSP 22942 ♂ (institution uncertain; Verreaux cat. no. 318), Western Australia (probably Rottnest or other islands near the Swan River).
    Type locality references:
    Gould, J. 1848. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 5 92 pls. [published Sept. 1841] [text to pl. 40].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Coast and off-shore islands of SW Australia, north to Shark Bay on west coast and east to Israelite Bay and Archipelago of the Recherche on the south, reaching Twilight Cove (Eyre) irregularly—breeding mainly on islands, and restricted largely to them along south-west coast between Fremantle and Cape Leeuwin.


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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, estuary, folivore, granivore, gregarious, littoral, low open shrubland, low shrubland, migratory, nomadic, salt marsh, terrestrial, tussock grassland, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, in rocky and dune coastal shrubberies and samphire, feeds on ground mainly on seeds of halophytes, grasses and forbs, flocks in small groups, flies directly with rapid wing beats punctuated by short glides on in-drawn wings, nests in rock crevices and under low rock overhangs almost exclusively on islands, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, shifts seasonally to feed on mainland as well as islands when not breeding (but often flying to off-shore islands to roost).

 

General References

Jarman, H. 1974. The Rock Parrot. Australian Bird Watcher 5: 237-245 (distribution, movements, diet, breeding records)

Reilly, P.N., Brooker, M.G. & Johnstone, G.W. 1975. Birds of the south-western Nullabor Plain. The Emu 75: 73-76 (occurrence)

Warham, J. 1955. The nesting of the Rock Parrot. The Emu 55: 81-84 (nidification, behaviour)

 

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)
01-Mar-2012 01-Mar-2012 MOVED
10-Nov-2020 28-Feb-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)