Tribe Platycercini

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Genus Barnardius Bonaparte, 1854

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


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IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

General References

Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432-479 (generic arrangement)

Condon, H.T. 1941. The Australian broadtailed parrots (subfamily Platycercinae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 117-144 (generic arrangement)

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (generic arrangement)

Ford, J. & Parker, S.A. 1974. Distribution and taxonomy of some birds from south-western Queensland. The Emu 74: 177-194 (generic arrangement (for data))

Holyoak, D.T. 1973. Comments on taxonomy and relationships in the parrot subfamilies Nestorinae, Loriinae and Platycercinae. The Emu 73: 157-176 (generic arrangement)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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. (generic arrangement)

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

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Species Barnardius zonarius (Shaw, 1805)

CAVS: 0294

Australian Ringneck

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


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

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

General References

Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432-479 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Condon, H.T. 1941. The Australian broadtailed parrots (subfamily Platycercinae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 117-144 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Immelmann, K. 1966. Die australischen Plattschweifsittiche. Wittenberg, Lutherstadt : A. Ziemsen (Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei) 128 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Jenkins, C.F.H. 1931. The genus Barnardius. The Emu 30: 258-260 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Barnardius occidentalis North and its allies. The Emu 29: 1-4 pl. 1 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement also subsequent revisions)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (subspecific arrangement and specific limits only)

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. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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. (subspecific arrangement (except for acceptance of B. z. whitei (Mathews, 1912) as valid subspecies))

 

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Subspecies Barnardius zonarius barnardi (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

CAVS: 0291

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Inland E Australia, north to near Winton and Barcaldine, QLD—east to the western footslopes of the Great Dividing range to the Warrego and Carnarvon Ranges and Inglewood, QLD, and Delungra, Wellington, Cowra and Wagga Wagga, NSW, avoiding Warrumbungle Range—south to Howlong, NSW, Bendigo, VIC, and southern limits of Murray Mallee and Ninety-mile Desert (Dimboola-Bordertown-Kingston), SA—west to eastern footslopes of Mt Lofty-Flinders Range system, SA, and patchily north-west to Strzelecki Creek, middle Cooper Creek and Farrars Creek (Cudappan), QLD. Intergrades with B. z. zonarius (Shaw, 1805) through N Mt Lofty-Flinders Range system, west from north Murray Mallee-Olary Spur and Lake Frome to eastern shores of Lake Torrens depression and Spencer Gulf, north to the Frome River and south to Eudunda-Brinkworth, SA—also intergrades with B. z. macgillivrayi (North, 1900) on central-upper Diamantina River drainage (specimens in ANWC). Introduced in region of Sydney (status uncertain).


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IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, folivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, nomadic, open forest, resident, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, restricted to eucalypt-lined watercourses in arid parts of range, feeds mainly on seeds on ground and in trees (mostly eucalypts and Callitris), flies in shallow undulations bringing wings in to side of body, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, wanders locally or regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Boehm, E.F. 1959. Parrots and cockatoos of the Mount Mary Plains, South Australia. The Emu 59: 83-87 (diet, nidification, plumage changes)

Simpson, K.N.G. 1973. Birds of the Murray River region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia - breeding, behavioural and feeding records. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 34: 253-274 (feeding ecology, nidification)

 

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Subspecies Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi (North, 1900)

CAVS: 0292

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Selwyn Range and fringing river systems, QLD, north to Musselbrook Creek and middle Leichhardt River, east to middle Cloncurry River and Cadell Creek, south to Glenormiston and Boulia, and west to Toko-Tarlton Ranges and Springvale, NT, but apparently absent from much of intervening Georgina River system (specimens in ANWC). Intergrades to south-east with B. z. barnardi (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) along upper Diamantina River drainage.


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IBRA

NT, Qld: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, folivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, nomadic, resident, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, in eucalypt woodlands and eucalypt-lined watercourses, feeds mainly on seeds on ground and in trees, flies in shallow undulations bringing wings in to side of body, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, wanders locally or regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Ford, J. & Parker, S.A. 1974. Distribution and taxonomy of some birds from south-western Queensland. The Emu 74: 177-194 (distribution, evolution)

Horton, W. 1975. The birds of Mt. Isa. Sunbird 6: 49-69 (status, nidification)

Lendon, A.H. 1940. Eggs of the Cloncurry Parrot. South Australian Ornithologist 15: 82 (nidification)

 

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Subspecies Barnardius zonarius parkeri Forshaw & Joseph, 2016

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Upper Cooper Creek, northeast SA to southwest QLD


IBRA

Qld, SA: Channel Country (CHC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

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Subspecies Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

CAVS: 0293

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal far SW WA, north and east to a front between Perth, the Darling Range and King George Sound, beyond which there is intergradation with B. z. zonarius (Shaw, 1805) as far as Jurien Bay, Moora, Cunerdin-Kelleberin, Lake Grace and Doubtful Bay. Introduced in region of Sydney (status uncertain).


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, folivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, nomadic, open forest, sedentary, tall forest, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, in tall eucalypt forest and woodland, feeds mainly on seeds on ground and in trees (mostly eucalypts), flies in shallow undulations bringing wings in to side of body, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, wanders locally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Jenkins, C.F.H. 1969. Notes on the feeding habits of some Western Australian birds. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 52-53 (diet, feeding ecology)

Long, J.L. 1984. The diets of three species of parrots in the south of Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 357-371 [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. & Iredale, T. 1915. On the ornithology of the Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (Levrault). Austral Avian Records 3: 5–20] (diet)

Robinson, A. 1960. The importance of the marri as a food source to south-western Australian birds. Western Australian Naturalist 7: 109-115 (diet, feeding, ecology)

 

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Subspecies Barnardius zonarius zonarius (Shaw, 1805)

CAVS: 8889

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and inland west and central Australia, west to the west coast between Jurien Bay and De Grey River—north to northern fringes of Pilbara (De Grey River), the southern fringes of the Great Sandy Desert, WA, and patchily through the Gibson and Tanami Deserts to Nicholson, the Gardiner Range and the south-western fringes of the Barkly Tableland (Newcastle Waters), NT—east to Elkedra River, Tarlton Range, Field River and western fringes of Simpson Desert, NT to western feeders of Lakes Eyre and Torrens and head of Spencer Gulf, SA—south to the south coast from and including Eyre Peninsula, SA to about Doubtful Bay, WA. Intergrades with B. z. semitorquatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) west of a front between Jurien Bay, Moora, Cunerdin-Kelleberin, Lake Grace and Doubtful Bay, SW WA, and with B. z. barnardi (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) through N Mt Lofty-Flinders Ranges, SA, north to the Frome River, south to Brinkworth and Eudunda, and east on east watersheds at least to Koonamore, Paratoo, and Sutherlands, SA, and psossibly far west NSW. Introduced in Dandenong Ranges, VIC (apparently established) and in region of Sydney (status uncertain).


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IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, folivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, nomadic, resident, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder/opportunistic breeder, restricted to eucalypt-lined watercourses in arid parts of range, feeds mainly on seeds on ground and in trees (mostly eucalypts), flies in shallow undulations bringing wings in to side of body, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, wanders locally or regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Brooker, M. 1973. Port Lincoln Parrots feeding on moth larvae. The Emu 73: 27-28 (diet)

Brooker, M. & Estbergs, A.J. 1976. A survey of terrestrial vertebrates in the Carnarvon region, West Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 13: 160-170 (movements)

Ford, J. & Parker, S.A. 1974. Distribution and taxonomy of some birds from south-western Queensland. The Emu 74: 177-194 (northern and eastern distribution)

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (general biology, references)

 

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Genus Cyanoramphus Bonaparte, 1854

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PSITTACIDAE: Psittacus auriceps (Kuhl, 1820) — Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus Generum Avium. Tom. I. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill 543 pp. [Date published 24 Jun 1850] [6] (=Geoffroyus g. geoffroyi (Bechstein, 1811))

PSITTACIDAE: Psittacus erythronotus (Kuhl, 1820)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, and Kermadec, Chatham, Antipodes and Auckland Ils, New Caledonia, and Society Is.


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IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

Distribution References

General References

Forshaw, J.M. 1978. Parrots of the World. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 616 pp. 158 pls. (synonymy)

Holyoak, D.T. 1973. Comments on taxonomy and relationships in the parrot subfamilies Nestorinae, Loriinae and Platycercinae. The Emu 73: 157-176 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

McAllan, I.A.W. & Bruce, M.D. 1989. The Birds of New South Wales A Working List. Turramurra, New South Wales : Biocon Research Group vii 103 pp. [publication dated 1988, published May 1989] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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. (synonymy)

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (synonymy)

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. (synonymy)

 

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Species Cyanoramphus cookii (G.R. Gray, 1859)

CAVS: 8886

Norfolk Island Parakeet, Tasman Parakeet

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Introduction

Previously treated as a subspecies of C. novaezelandiae but raised to species by Boon et al. (2001). Although the genetic difference between C. cooki and C. novaezelandiae is significant, and equal to or greater than other interspecific differences in the genus, they are difficult to separate morphologically and treatment as a species not recognised by some authors, e.g. del Hoyo & Collar (2014). See Christidis & Boles (2008) for further discussion.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea


Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, florivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, sedentary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic in size of bill, feeds arboreally on a variety of seeds, fruit and flowers, groups in pairs or small parties, flies directly with wing beats punctuated by gliding on down-swept wings, nests in high tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear grey-white-downed, yellowish-billed chicks.

 

General References

Boon, W.M., Daugherty, C.H. & Chambers, G.K. 2001. The Norfolk Island Green Parrot and New Caledonian Red-crowned Parakeet are distinct species. Emu 101: 113-121

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [156]

del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International illustrated checklist of the birds of the world. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Barcelona : Lynx Edicions pp. 903. [736]

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (general biology)

Schodde, R., Fullagar, P. & Hermes, N. 1983. A Review of Norfolk Island Birds: Past and Present. Canberra : Aust. Natl Parks Wldlf. Serv. Spec. Publ. 8 viii (un-numbered) 119 pp. (status)

 

Common Name References

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. (Norfolk Island Parakeet)

 

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Species Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787)

CAVS: 0808

Red-crowned Parakeet, Red-fronted Parakeet

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct in Australia, small populations in NZ


IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Psittacus novaezelandiae Sparrman, A. 1789. Museum Carlsonianum. In quo Novas et Selectas Aves, Coloribus ad vivum brevique descriptione illustratas, Suasu et Sumtibus Generosissimi Possessoris. Holmiae : Typographia Regia Fasc. 2 pls 26–50 pp. [publication dated as 1786–1789 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. Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240)] [text to pl. 28] [as Novae Zelandiae; also as incorrect subsequent spellings, novaezeelandiae by Kuhl, H. 1820. Conspectus Psittacorum. Cum specierum definitionibus, novarum descriptionibus, synonymis et circa patriam singularum naturalem adversariis, adjecto indice museorum, ubi earum artificiosae exuviae servantur. Nova Acta Phys. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. 10: 1–104 pls I–III [For publication date 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.] (44), novaesealandiae by Wagler, J.G. 1832. Monographia Psittacorum. Abhandlungen K. Bayer Akademie Wissenschaftlichen München 1: 463–750 [published Dec. 1832] (525), and novaezealandiae by Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Tableau des perroquets. Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris 2 6: 145–158 (153)-the unjustified emendations novaeseelandiae Wagler, 1832, novaezeelandiae Finsch, 1868, and novaezealandiae Salvadori, 1891 are not treated here, being junior objective synonyms based on a non-Australian type; for identification of holotype and type locality, see Sundevall, C.J. 1857. Kritisk framställning af fogelarterna uti äldre Ornithologiska arbeten. I. Museum Carlsonianum. II. Le Vaillant, Oiseaux d'Afrique. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar ns 2(3): 16–60; holotype figured on pl. 28 of original description and on pl. 46 in the J.G. Forster drawings in BMNH, see Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2. (181)]

Type data: holotype NHRM*.
Type locality: Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand (as Nova Zelandia), see Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2. [181].

 

General References

Forshaw, J.M. 1978. Parrots of the World. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 616 pp. 158 pls. (subspecific arrangement)

McAllan, I.A.W. & Bruce, M.D. 1989. The Birds of New South Wales A Working List. Turramurra, New South Wales : Biocon Research Group vii 103 pp. [publication dated 1988, published May 1989] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Phipps, G. 1981. The Kakarikis. Australian Aviculture 35: 126-139 (subspecific arrangement)

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. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2. [181]

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Wolters, H.E. 1975–1982. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey xx 745 pp. (subspecific arrangement)

 

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Subspecies Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis (Wagler, 1832) (extinct)

CAVS: 8887

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Ocean, extinct since c. 1880 .


Ecological Descriptors

Alpine, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, low shrubland, sedentary, terrestrial, tussock grassland, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic in size of bill, apparently fed on ground, shore and shrubbery on seeds and crustacea, and nested in burrows.

 

General References

Oliver, W.R.B. 1955. New Zealand Birds. Wellington : A.H. & A.W. Reed 661 pp. 12 pls. (history of occurrence and extinction; anecdotal biology)

Taylor, R.H. 1979. How the Macquarie Island Parakeet became extinct. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 2: 42-45 (history of extinction)

 

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Subspecies Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens Salvadori, 1891 (extinct)

CAVS: 8888

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct.


IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, sedentary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic in size of bill, apparently fed on seeds and fruits in shrubs, trees and crops, nesting unrecorded.

 

General References

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (general biology, references)

Hindwood, K.A. 1940. The birds of Lord Howe Island. The Emu 40: 1-86 pl. 1 (history of occurrence and extinction)

 

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Genus Lathamus Lesson, 1830

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


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

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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Species Lathamus discolor (Shaw, 1790)

CAVS: 0309

Swift Parrot

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

TAS (breeding almost exclusively in east and midlands), Bass Strait islands on passage, and south-east mainland out-of-breeding east along coast and both watersheds of Great Dividing Range irregularly as far north as about the Tropic of Capricorn (exceptionally farther) and Darling Downs (Chinchilla, Texas), QLD, central Barwon and Riverina regions, NSW, and N Murray Mallee, VIC, and west irregularly to SE of SA and formerly regularly, now erratically, north through Ninety-mile Desert and central Murray Mallee to Mt Lofty Range as far as about Sutherlands-Clare, SA—principal non-breeding range centred in east coastal and central VIC (Gippsland Plains, Western Uplands, Northern Goldfields, Northern Plains).


IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, frugivorous, gregarious, low woodland, mellivore, migratory, open forest, tall forest, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, in eucalypt woodlands and forests, feeds primarily in tree canopy on nectar from flowering eucalypts, flies swiftly and directly on consistently beating wings, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, migrates south to breeding grounds in Sept.-Nov. and north to non-breeding grounds in Mar.-Apr.

 

General References

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (synonymy)

Hindwood, K.A. & Sharland, M. 1964. The Swift Parrot. The Emu 63: 310-326 (distribution, diet, migration, nidification)

Immelmann, K. 1966. Die australischen Plattschweifsittiche. Wittenberg, Lutherstadt : A. Ziemsen (Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei) 128 pp. (synonymy)

Lea, A.M. & Gray, J.T. 1935. The food of Australian birds. An analysis of the stomach contents. Part II. The Emu 35: 63-98 (diet)

Lendon, A.H. 1973. Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary. The comprehensive revised edition of Neville Cayley's standard work. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xxx 342 pp. XIII pls. (movements, general biology, nidification)

Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (synonymy)

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. (synonymy and specific limits)

Thomas, D.G. 1970. Swift Parrots wintering in Tasmania. Tasm. Nat. No. 23 p. 4. (status)

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. (synonymy)

 

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Genus Northiella Mathews, 1912

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


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Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

General References

Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432-479 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Condon, H.T. 1941. The Australian broadtailed parrots (subfamily Platycercinae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 117-144 (generic arrangement)

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (generic arrangement)

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Immelmann, K. 1966. Die australischen Plattschweifsittiche. Wittenberg, Lutherstadt : A. Ziemsen (Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei) 128 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (generic arrangement)

RAOU Checklist Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1926. Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union x 212 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (generic arrangement)

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. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

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Species Northiella haematogaster (Gould, 1838)

CAVS: 0297

Blue Bonnet, Bluebonnet

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

 

Introduction

Upon finding no evidence of gene flow between Northiella haematogaster narethae and other populations of Northiella haematogaster, Dolman & Joseph (2015) recommended recognition of two species, Northiella narethae and Northiella haematogaster. They state that "… there is no suggestion of phylogeographic structure for mtDNA among [Northiella haematogaster] populations" and thus subspecies are no longer recognised in this database.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Acacia shrubs, arboreal, folivore, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, sedentary, semiterrestrial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, (sexually dimorphic), in open belah (Casuarina), myall (Acacia) and pine (Callitris) woodlands, with or without mallee, feeds mainly on seeds on ground and low shrubs, flies almost directly with rapid wing beats punctuated by gliding on in-drawn wings, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, sedentary or wanders locally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432-479 (subspecific arrangement)

Condon, H.T. 1941. The Australian broadtailed parrots (subfamily Platycercinae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 117-144 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Dolman, G. & Joseph, L. 2015. Evolutionary history of birds across southern Australia: structure, history and taxonomic implications of mitochondrial DNA diversity in an ecologically diverse suite of species. Emu 115: 35–48

Ford, J. 1974. Speciation in Australian birds adapted to arid habitats. The Emu 74: 161-168 (subspecific arrangement)

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (subspecific arrangement)

Frith, C.B. & Carline, F. 1974. Psittacidae. In, Hall, B.P. (ed.). Birds of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions 1962–70. A report on the collections made for the British Museum (Natural History). Results of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions. London : British Museum Vol. 33 xi 396 pp., 10 pls col. pl. map. (diet, aspects of biology)

Immelmann, K. 1966. Die australischen Plattschweifsittiche. Wittenberg, Lutherstadt : A. Ziemsen (Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei) 128 pp. (subspecific arrangement)

Joseph, L. 1985. Sexual dimorphism in the Blue Bonnet. Corella 9: 30-31

Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement also subsequent revisions)

Mathews, G.M. 1914. Note on Platycercus (haematogaster), Gould. South Australian Ornithologist 1(2): 15-17 [Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440] (nomenclature, typification)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (subspecific arrangement)

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. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

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Species Northiella narethae (H.L. White, 1921)

CAVS: 0298

Naretha Parrot

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Introduction

Upon finding no evidence of gene flow between Northiella haematogaster narethae and other populations of Northiella haematogaster, Dolman & Joseph (2015) recommended recognition of two species, Northiella narethae and Northiella haematogaster.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Western fringes of Nullarbor Plain between Zanthus and Loongana, north and north-east almost to Neale Junction and the northern fringes of the Plain north of Deakin-Cook, and south and south-east to Eucla, just crossing the WA border into SA—records from Ceduna, SA, are probably of released captive birds.


IBRA

SA, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, granivore, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, sedentary, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, (sexually dimorphic), in belts of myall (Acacia sowdenii) mixed with mallee and belah (Casuarina), feeds mainly on seeds on ground and low shrubs, flies almost directly with rapid wing beats punctuated by gliding on in-drawn wings, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks, sedentary or wanders locally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Brooker, M., Ridpath, M.G., Estbergs, A.J., Bywater, J., Hart, D.S. & Jones, M.S. 1979. Bird observations on the northwestern Nullabor Plain and neighbouring regions, 1967–1978. The Emu 79: 176-190 (distribution, habitat, status, diet)

Calaby, J.H. 1958. Recent observations on the Naretha Parrot. Western Australian Naturalist 6: 153-154 [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. (cf. 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.)] (distribution, habitat)

Dolman, G. & Joseph, L. 2015. Evolutionary history of birds across southern Australia: structure, history and taxonomic implications of mitochondrial DNA diversity in an ecologically diverse suite of species. Emu 115: 35–48 [43]

Ford, J. 1969. Distribution and taxonomic notes on some parrots from Western Australia. South Australian Ornithologist 25: 99-105 (distribution, habitat)

Henderson, R. 1972. First record of the Naretha Parrot in South Australia. The Emu 72: 114 (occurrence)

 

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Genus Platycercus Vigors, 1825

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


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

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

General References

Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432-479 (subgeneric arrangement and generic limits)

Condon, H.T. 1941. The Australian broadtailed parrots (subfamily Platycercinae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 117-144 (subgeneric arrangement and generic limits)

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (subgeneric arrangement and generic limits)

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (subgeneric arrangement and generic limits)

Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement treating Platycercus Vigors, 1825 as congeneric with Barnardius Bonaparte, 1854)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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. (subgeneric arrangement and generic limits)

Shipham, A., Schmidt, D.J., Joseph, L. & Hughes, J.M. 2015. Phylogenetic analysis of the Australian rosella parrots (Platycercus) reveals discordance among molecules and plumage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 91: 150-159

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

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Subgenus Platycercus (Platycercus) Vigors, 1825

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


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

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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 01-Mar-2012 MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020 28-Feb-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)
Note: the generation of this complete preview for Platycercini was cancelled at Platycercus (Platycercus) Vigors, 1825 owing to the initation of another complete preview for Aphanesthes Kraatz, 1880. Only one complete preview may be executed at a time. Previews were generated for 20 of 57 taxa.