Subspecies Platycercus (Violania) eximius diemenensis North, 1911
- Platycercus diemenensis 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] [128] [proposed conditionally but available under ICZN Art. 15; holotype inferred by Hindwood, K.A. 1946. A list of the types and paratypes of birds from Australian localities in the Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 21: 386–393 and Longmore, N.W. 1991. Type specimens of birds in the Australian Museum. Technichal Report of the Australian Museum n 4: 1–42, but North in the protologue specifies 'specimens from the … island', indicating that material in AM prior to 1911 is syntypic; Hindwood, K.A. 1946. A list of the types and paratypes of birds from Australian localities in the Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 21: 386–393 specification of a type effects lectotypification under ICZN Art. 74].
Type data:
Lectotype AM A.6533 ♂ adult, Tasmania.
Paralectotype(s) AM A.5369 ♂; AM A.5370 ♂; AM A.5371 ♂; AM A.6535 ♀.Subsequent designation references:
Hindwood, K.A. 1946. A list of the types and paratypes of birds from Australian localities in the Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 21: 386-393.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Lowland east-central regions, centred in Derwent, Coal, Macquarie, Esk and Tamar River valleys.
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, florivore, folivore, frugivorous, granivore, gregarious, low woodland, nomadic, open forest, resident, sedentary, terrestrial, volant, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, in open eucalypt woods and edges of pasture, feeds mainly on seeds arboreally and on ground, flocks in small groups locally, flies in shallow undulations bringing wings in to side body, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear pale grey-downed, yellowish-billed chicks.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | 01-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Nov-2020 | 28-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |