Subgenus Ninox (Rhabdoglaux) Bonaparte, 1854
- Rhabdoglaux Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Tableau des oiseaux de proie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 6: 530-544 [543] [published without description, but based by reference on Athene rufa Gould, 1846, A. humeralis 'Hombron & Jacquinot' (=Bonaparte, 1850), Noctua variegata Quoy & Gaimard, 1830, and Athene jacquinoti 'Hombron & Jacquinot' (=Bonaparte, 1850), and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5): also as incorrect subsequent spellings, Rabdoglaux and Rhodoglaux by Gray, G.R. 1855. Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum 192 pp. [135]; citation of Athene strenua Gould, 1838, as type species by Sharpe, R.B. 1875. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Striges, or Nocturnal Birds of Prey. London : British Museum Vol. 2 xi 325 pp. XIV pls [151] is invalid: not included in protologue].
Type species:
Athene humeralis Bonaparte, 1854 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1855. Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum 192 pp. [135] (as Strix humeralis Bonaparte, 1854, =Ninox rufa (Gould, 1846)).Secondary source:
Gray, G.R. 1855. Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum 192 pp.; Sharpe, R.B. 1875. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Striges, or Nocturnal Birds of Prey. London : British Museum Vol. 2 xi 325 pp. XIV pls. - Berneyornis Mathews, G.M. 1916. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 5 pt 3 pp. 249-352 pls 255-266. [Date published 23 May 1916: Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] [305] [pt 3; published without description, but based by reference on Athene strenua Gould, 1838, and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5); subsequent designation of type species with generic diagnosis on p. 355 in Pt 4 of Mathews (loc. cit.), appearing on Aug. 13, 1916, has no standing, cf. Peters, J.L. 1940. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 4 xii 291 pp. (136); Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia Pt 1 Non-passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (213)].
Type species:
Athene strenua Gould, 1838 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1981. Nocturnal Birds of Australia. Illustrated by Jeremy Boot. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 136 pp. 22 pls. [publication dated as 1980] [37, 42]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Lowland New Guinea and adjacent Waigeu and Aru Ils.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Victoria
- Western Australia: N coastal
Distribution References
- Mayr, E. 1941. List of New Guinea Birds. A Systematic and Faunal List of the Birds of New Guinea and Adjacent Islands. New York : American Museum of Natural History xi 260 pp. (Ninox rufa (Gould, 1846))
- Peters, J.L. 1940. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 4 xii 291 pp. (Ninox rufa (Gould, 1846))
- Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (Ninox rufa (Gould, 1846))
- Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp.
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