Species Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

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External Links

• Phasianus meleagris Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [158].

 

Generic Combinations

• Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Linnaeus, C. 1764. Museum S.R.M. Adolphi Friderici Regis Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque, in quo Animalia rariora, imprimis et exotica : Aves, Amphibia, Pisces. Tomi secundi Prodromus. Holmiae 110 pp. pls I–XXIII.

 

Introduction

Included following reports that self-sustaining populations have established in QLD, see Christidis and Boles (2008: 59) and references therein.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced into Victoria and Western Australia during the late 1800s; subsequently introduced to Heron Island, Queensland between 1960 and 1970.

Introduced from Uncertain: domestic stock have a cosmopolitan distribution, and the original introduction to Australia was from this source.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, Vic, WA: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Distribution References

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [59]

 

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [14] (Helmeted Guineafowl)

Dickinson, E.C. (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. London : Christopher Helm 1039 pp. [40] (Helmeted Guineafowl)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	26-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		13-Oct-2014	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		04-May-2011	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED