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CAVS: 8101

Subspecies Pitta (Pitta) iris iris Gould, 1842

  • Pitta iris Gould, 1842.
    Type data:
     Lectotype ANSP 17800 , NT: Port Essington.
    Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1842.1.13.56 adult , NT: Cobourg Peninsula.
  • Pulchripitta iris keatsi Mathews, 1915.
    Type data:
     Holotype AMNH 553562 , NT: Port Keats.
  • Pulchripitta iris melvillensis Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129] [129] [published simultaneously with Pulchripitta iris keatsi Mathews on 28 January 1915].
    Type data:
     Holotype AMNH 553564 , NT: Melville Island.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, tropical rainforest.

 

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 PASSERIFORMES 10-Mar-2014 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)