Subspecies Philemon (Tropidorhynchus) corniculatus corniculatus (Latham, 1790)

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Subspecies Philemon (Tropidorhynchus) corniculatus corniculatus (Latham, 1790)

Merops corniculatus 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. [276].
Type data:
Neotype ANWC 39672 adult ♀, Qld: Morehead River crossing, about 20 km south of Musgrave, Cape York Peninsula.
Subsequent designation 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. [293] (selected to stabilise the name to one form).
Philemon corniculatus ellioti Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [423].
Tropidorhynchus corniculatus watsoni Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 12. [110].
Philemon corniculatus minor Sassi, M. 1909. Bemerkungen zu den von E. Weiske in British-Neu-Guinea und Nord-Queensland gesammelten Vogelbaelgen. (In its 75th year). Journal of Ornithology 1909(8): 365-383 [Date published Jul 1909] [378] [proposed as synonym of Philemon corniculatus (Latham, 1790), not used as valid since and so unavailable: ICdZN Art. 11.5,6].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Casuarina-cypress woodland, dry sclerophyll forest, eremic riverine woodland, human habitation, paperbark woodland, temperate eucalypt, tropical eucalypt.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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