Species Pandion cristatus (Vieillot, 1816)
Eastern Osprey, Fish Hawk, Osprey, White-headed Osprey
- Buteo cristatus Vieillot, L.P. 1816. New Dictionary of Natural History , applied arts, agriculture, rural and domestic Écomomie in medicine, etc..By a company of naturalists and farmers. Paris : Chez Deterville Vol. 4 pp. [481].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.C. n° 272, N.C. n° 1041 Skin (Type locality also listed as 'Nouvelle Hollande' = New South Wales (Condon, 1975, p. 76)), Java, Indonesia.Type locality references:
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [76]; Voisin C. & Voisin J.-F. 2001. Liste des types d'oiseaux des collections du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. 8 : Rapaces diurnes (Accipitridés), première partie. Zoosystema 23(1): 173-190 [175]. - Pandion leucocephalus Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [Pl. 41].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP 2301 (VN 159) Skin, Récherche Bay, Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) [43°33'S, 146°54E]; ANSP 2302 (VN 160) Skin, Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°00'S, 115°31'E]; LIVCM D.297 Skin, Port Essington, Northern Territory [11°15'S, 132°08'E]. - Pandion gouldi Kaup, J.J. 1847. Monograph of the genera of the Falconidae. Isis von Oken 40: 241-283 [270] [new name for Pandion leucocephalus Gould].
- Pandion haliaetus melvillensis 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] [34].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 536682 Skin, Melville Island, Northern Territory [11°33'S, 130°56'E].Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [274].
Generic Combinations
- Pandion haliaetus cristatus (Vieillot, 1816). —
Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [254]
Introduction
Christidis & Boles raised P. haliaetus cristatus to species level based on the work of Wink et al. (2004) who used the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene to demonstrate that genetic differences between three of the four P. haliaetus subspecies were similar to that of other distinct raptor species. This treatment has not gained widespread acceptance and we retain the more traditional arrangement of placing P. cristatus as a subspecies of P. haliaetus until a more detailed analysis can resolve this issue.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Has been recorded in the ACT; also Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
General References
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. (revised status to full species)
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [16] (Fish Hawk, Osprey, White-headed Osprey)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [21] (Eastern Osprey)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | Pandioninae Bonaparte, 1854 | 27-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 27-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | FALCONIFORMES | 08-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |