Subspecies Nesoptilotis leucotis leucotis (Latham, 1801)
- Philedon melanodera Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. in Dumont-d'Urville, J. 1830. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les anneés 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 1 i 268 pp. [no month of publication] [191].
- Ptilotis leucotis munna 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] [50] [junior primary homonym of Ptilotis ornata munna Mathews, 1912 (31 January) = Lichenostomus ornatus (Gould, 1838)].
Generic Combinations
- Lichenostomus leucotis leucotis (Latham, 1801).
- Nesoptilotis leucotis leucotis (Latham, 1801). —
Nyári, A.S. & Joseph, L. 2011. Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and the historical development of Australo-Papuan bird communities. Emu 111: 202–211
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Forests east of the Great Dividing Range from N of Brisbane, QLD, through southern VIC to south-eastern SA
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Dry sclerophyll forest, human habitation, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, temperate eucalypt, wet sclerophyll forest.
General References
Dolman, G. & Joseph, L. 2015. Evolutionary history of birds across southern Australia: structure, history and taxonomic implications of mitochondrial DNA diversity in an ecologically diverse suite of species. Emu 115: 35–48 [45] (KI populations previously recognised as a separate subspecies, Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi, merged with Nesoptilotis leucotis leucotis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 08-Nov-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PASSERIFORMES | 27-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 10-Nov-2020 | 04-Feb-2013 | MOVED | ||
| 10-Nov-2020 | 30-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |