Species Orthonyx temminckii Ranzani, 1822

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• Orthonyx temmincki Ranzani, C. 1822. Elementi di Zoologia. (3 vols). Bologna Vol. 3. [19].
• Orthonyx temminckii Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [294].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.57 adult ♀, NSW: Hat Hill (= Mt Kembla).
• Orthonyx maculatus Stephens, J.F. 1826. In, General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S. & C. Aves. London : J. & A. Arch etc. Vol. XIV Pt I 385 pp. pls 1-41. [published late 1826] [186].
• Orthonyx spinicaudus Temminck, C.J. 1827. Nouveau Recueil des Planches Coloriees d'Oiseaux pour servir de suite et de complement aux Planches Enluminees de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault Vol. 1-4. [pls 428, 429].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RMNH 89303 adult ♀, Nouvelle Zeelande (error for Australia); RMNH 89304 adult ♂, Nouvelle Zeelande (error for Australia).
• Orthonyx temminckii chandleri Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [329].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 585084 adult ♂ (ex Mathews Collection #6528 via Rothschild Collection), NSW: Richmond River.
  Paratype(s) AMNH 585085 ♂ (ex Mathews Collection #6527 via Rothschild Collection), NSW: Richmond River; AMNH 585086 (ex Mathews Collection #6526 via Rothschild Collection), NSW: Richmond River.

  Secondary source:

   LeCroy, M. 2005. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 6. Passeriformes: Prunellidae, Turdidae, Orthonychidae, Timaliidae, Paradoxornithidae, Picathartidae and Polioptilidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 292: 1-132 [Date published 5 May 2005] [55].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Subtropical rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest.

 

General References

Joseph, L., Slikas, B., Alpers, D. & Schodde, R. 2001. Molecular systematics and phylogeny of New Guinean logrunners (Orthonychidae). The Emu 101: 273-280 [273] (split of New Guinean forms as a distinct taxon)

 

Common Name References

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Australian Logrunner)

 

History of changes

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