Genus Plectorhyncha Gould, 1838

Museums

Regional Maps

• Plectorhyncha Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [pl. 70] [published 1 April 1838; not a junior homonym of Plectorhinchus Lacépède, 1802, nor Plectorrhynchus Berthold, 1827 or Plectorhynchus Berthold, 1827 (Pisces)].

  Type species:

   Plectorhyncha lanceolata Gould, 1838 by monotypy.
• Plectoramphus Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [16] [unjustified emendation of Plectorhyncha Gould, 1838].
• Plectorhamphus Strickland, 1841.
• Plectrorhyncha Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1838. [Title not located]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 4(2) [378] [unjustified emendation of Plectorhyncha Gould, 1838 and published subsequently; not a junior homonym of Plectrorhynchus Fleming, 1822 (Pisces)].
• Plectrorhynchus Gadow, H. 1884. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds in the collection of the British Museum. Cinnyrimorphae: containing the families Nectariniidae and Meliphagidae (Sun-birds and Honey-eaters). London : British Museum Vol. 9 xii 310 pp. [208] [unjustified emendation of Plectorhyncha Gould, 1838; junior homonym of Plectrorhynchus Fleming, 1822 (Pisces)].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), 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), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

History of changes

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