Subspecies Ninox (Ninox) novaeseelandiae albaria Ramsay, 1888 (Extinct)
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Subspecies Ninox (Ninox) novaeseelandiae albaria Ramsay, 1888 (Extinct)
- Ninox albaria Ramsay, E.P. 1888. Tabular List of all the Australian Birds at present known to the author, showing the Distribution of the Species over the continent of Australia and adjacent islands. Sydney : E.P. Ramsay 38 pp. [36] [based on unspecified specimens; accordingly, all specimens in AM with collection date prior to 1888 are treated here as syntypes, including one specimen dated Apr. 1888 and labelled 'type' with E.P. Ramsay's initials—for their identification, see Longmore, N.W. 1991. Type specimens of birds in the Australian Museum. Technichal Report of the Australian Museum n 4: 1–42].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM 0.1428 unsexed adult, Lord Howe Island; AM 0.1429 unsexed adult, Lord Howe Island; AM 0.10143 unsexed adult, Lord Howe Island; AM 0.18709 unsexed adult, Lord Howe Island.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Extinct. Lord Howe Is.; extinct at least since 1950s.
Australian Endemic.
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, carnivorous, closed forest, nocturnal, predator, sedentary, tall shrubland, territorial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, general carnivore.
General References
Disney, H.J. de S. & Smithers, C.N. 1972. The distribution of terrestrial and freshwater birds on Lord Howe Island in comparison with Norfolk Island. The Australian Zoologist 17: 1-11 (status)
Fullagar, P.J., McKean, J.L. & Van Tets, G.F. 1975. Report on the Birds, appendix F. pp. 55-72 in Recher, H.F. & Clark, S.S. (eds). Environmental Survey of Lord Howe Island A report to the Lord Howe Island Board. Sydney : Australian Museum viii 86 pp. (status)
Hindwood, K.A. 1940. The birds of Lord Howe Island. The Emu 40: 1-86 pl. 1 (occurrence, diet, voice)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |