Subspecies Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides Schodde, 1993

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• Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides Schodde, R. 1993. Geographic forms of the Regent Parrot, Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear), and their type localities. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 113: 44-47 [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC 42432 ♂ adult, Kingston, 12 km W of Barmera, SA.
  Paratype(s) AM O.17892 ♂ adult; ANWC 42433 ♂ adult; NMV B.18436 ♂ adult; SAMA B.46511 ♂ adult; ANWC 14821 ♀.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Restricted to Murray River system and fringing mallee, east to Balranald and Swan Hill (formerly erratically to beyond Echuca)—south to Wyperfeld and formerly Dimboola in Wimmera, VIC, and Bordertown, SA—west to Karoonda and Waikerie, SA (formerly Coombe, Murray Bridge, and Sutherlands)—north to Gluepot and Canopus, SA, and Pooncarie-Arumpo, NSW—missing from Murray River in centre of range from region of Mildura west towards Lake Victoria where mallee distant from river—early records from 'north-west' of Adelaide in Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould 2 629 pp. [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.] [34] are unverified.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, feeds arboreally and on ground on seeds, fruit and blossom, flocks in small to moderate-sized groups, flies directly with swift regular wing beats, nests on bed of wood dust/debris in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear whitish-downed, dull orange-yellow-billed chicks, wanders regionally to seasonal food sources, with a shift to river gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) to breed in spring-early summer, and a dispersal through outlying mallee in non-breeding months.

 

General References

Beardsell, C. 1985. The Regent Parrot. A report on the nest site survey in south-eastern Australia, September 1983 to January 1984. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service Report Series n. 1 28 pp. (breeding biology)

Burbidge, A. 1985. The Regent Parrot. A report on the breeding distribution and habitat requirements along the Murray River in south-eastern Australia. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service Report Series n. 4 xii 36 pp. (distribution, breeding habitat)

Joseph, L. 1978. Range and movements of the Regent Parrot in South Australia. South Australian Ornithologist 28: 26-27 (distribution, status, movement)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)