Bibliography for Pezoporus Illiger, 1811

• Brookes, J. 1830. A Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the remainder of the Anatomical and Zoological Museum of Joshua Brookes, Esq., F.R.S. London : J. Brookes Pt II pp.
• Condon, H.T. 1942. The Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) in South Australia. South Australian Ornithologist 16: 4-7
• Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.
• Ford, J. 1969. Distribution and taxonomic notes on some parrots from Western Australia. South Australian Ornithologist 25: 99-105
• Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls.
• Forshaw, J.M., Fullagar, P.J. & Harris, J.I. 1976. Specimens of the Night Parrot in museums throughout the world. The Emu 76: 120-126
• Gould, J. 1861. On a new genus and species of parakeet from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 100-101 [Date published Aug.]
• Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306
• Hodges, M. 1961. Nesting of the Ground Parrot. The Emu 61: 218-221
• Illiger, J.C.W. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium, additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione Germanica. Berolini : Sumptibus C. Salfeld xvii 301 pp.
• Immelmann, K. 1966. Die australischen Plattschweifsittiche. Wittenberg, Lutherstadt : A. Ziemsen (Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei) 128 pp.
• Isles, A.C. & Menkhorst, P.W. 1975. Ground Parrot habitat at Sand-Patch Point, Victoria. Australian Bird Watcher 6: 41-44
• Jordan, R. 1988. The use of mist nets and radiotelemetry in the study of the Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus in Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, New South Wales. Corella 12: 18-21
• Joseph, L., Toon, A., Schirtzinger E.E. & Wright, T.F. 2011. Molecular systematics of two enigmatic genera Psittacella and Pezoporus illuminate the ecological radiation of Australo-Papuan parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59: 675-684
• Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; being a translation of that part of the Systema Naturae, as lately published, with great improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. Class II. Birds. London : J. Murray & R. Faulder xii 644 pp.
• Latham, J. 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive Systema Ornithologiae; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. London : Leigh & Sotheby Vol. 1 & 2 xviii 920 pp.
• Leeton, P.R.J., Christidis, L., Westerman, M. & Boles, W.E. 1994. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Night Parrot (Geopsittacus occidentalis) and the Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus). Auk 111: 833-843
• Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912]
• Mathews, G.M. 1914. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2(5): 83-107 [Date published 24 Sep 1914]
• Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129]
• Mathews, G.M. 1917. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 6 pp. 445-516 + xix pls 317-324. [Date published 11 Dec. 1917]
• Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp.
• Mattingley, A.H.E. 1918. The Ground Parrot (Pezoporus formosus). The Emu 17: 216-218
• McFarland, D.C. 1988. Geographical variation in the clutch size and breeding season of the Ground Parrot, Pezoporus wallicus. Australian Bird Watcher 12: 247-250
• McGilp, J.N. 1931. Geopsittacus occidentalis, Night Parrot. South Australian Ornithologist 11: 68-70
• Menkhorst, P.W. & Isles, A.C. 1981. The Night Parrot Geopsittacus occidentalis: evidence of its occurrence in north-western Victoria during the 1950s. The Emu 81: 239-240
• Meredith, C.W. 1983. R.A.O.U. Conservation Statement No. 1 The Ground parrot. R.A.O.U. Newsletter 55: 6-11
• Murie, J. 1868. On the nocturnal Ground Parrot (Geopsittacus occidentalis Gould). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868: 158-165
• Murphy, S.A., Joseph, L., Burbidge, A.H. & Austin, J. 2010. A cryptic and critically endangered species revealed by mitochondrial DNA analyses: the Western Ground Parrot. Conservation Genetics [published online 11/11/2010]
• Newby, K., Newby, B. & Bradby, K. 1983. Notes on the Swamp Parrot. Western Australian Naturalist 15: 145-146
• Newman, O.G.M. 1979. The Ground Parrot - census, calls, nest and movement. Tasmanian Bird Report 8: 4-6 [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. Mathews, G.M. 1911. On some necessary alterations in the nomenclature of birds. Pt II. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 1–22 [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1913. New generic names, with some notes on others. Austral Avian Records 2: 55–62] Browning, M.R. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1991. Clarifications and corrections of the dates of issue of some publications containing descriptions of North American birds. Arch. Nat. Hist. 18: 381–405]
• North, A.J. 1911. Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Sydney : Australian Museum Spec. Cat. 1 Vol. 3 vii 362 pp. [Pt II, published July 1911, publication dated as 1912]
• Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. Embellished with coloured plates, and corresponding descriptions; with extracts relating to animals, and remarks of celebrated travellers; combining a general survey of nature. London : J. Stratford Vol. 1 84 pls & accompanying text. [Publication dated as 1810–1811, pages and plates not numbered. See Mathews & Iredale (1912) for details of publication dates.]
• Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.
• Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls.
• 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]
• Shaw, G. 1793. Musuem Leverianum, containing select specimens from the Museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever, Kt. with descriptions in Latin and English. London : J. Parkinson 248 + 48 pp.
• Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp.
• Stanger, M., Clayton, M., Schodde, R., Wombey, J. & Mason, I. 1998. CSIRO List of Australian Verebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing iii 124 pp.
• Webber, L.C. 1948. The Ground Parrot in habitat and captivity. Aviculture Magazine 54: 41-45
• Wilson, H. 1937. Notes on the Night Parrot, with references to recent occurrences. The Emu 37: 79-87
• 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.

Return to Pezoporus Illiger, 1811 profile page.