Species Pomatostomus (Morganornis) ruficeps (Hartlaub, 1852)
Chestnut-crowned Babbler
- Pomatorhinus ruficeps Hartlaub, C.J.G. 1852. Sur une nouvelle espèce du genre Pomatorhinus de la Nouvelle-Hollandiae. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 4: 316 [316].
- Pomatorhinus pileatus Blyth, 1863.
- Pomatostomus ruficeps bebba Mathews, G.M. 1916. List of additions of new sub-species to, and changes in, my "List of the Birds of Australia". Austral Avian Records 3(3): 53-68 [Date published 4 Apr 1916] [60].
- Pomatostomus ruficeps parsonsi Mathews, G.M. 1918. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 38(231): 48-49 [Date published 4 Mar 1918] [48].
- Pomatostomus ruficeps parsoni Mathews, G.M. 1930. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. Pt 2 pp. London : British Ornithologists' Union pp. 427-1048. [565] [incorrect subsequent spelling of Pomatostomus ruficeps parsonsi Mathews, 1918, in synonymy and unavailable: ICdZN Arts. 11.6 and 33.3].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
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
- Australia
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
Ecological Descriptors
Casuarina-cypress woodland, chenopodiaceous steppe, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, mulga woodland.
General References
Russell, A.F., Portelli, D.J., Russell, J.F. & Barclay, H. 2010. Breeding ecology of the Chestnut-crowned Babbler: a cooperative breeder in the desert. Emu 110(4): 324-331
Common Name References
Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Chestnut-crowned Babbler)
History of changes
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