Subspecies Eclectus roratus polychloros (Scopoli, 1786)

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• Psittacus polychloros Scopoli, G.A. 1786. Specimen Zoologicum exhibens Characteres genericos & specificos, nonnec Nomina trivialia novorum Animalium. pp. 84–96 in, Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae; seu Novae, aut minus cognitae species plantarum et animalium, quas in Insubria austriaca tam spontaneas quam exoticas vidit, descripsit et aeri incidi curavit. Ticini : Monasterii S. Salvatoris. Pt II 115 pp. 25 pls [publication dated as 1786–1788] [87] [also as incorrect subsequent spelling, polchlorus, e.g., by Finsch, O. 1868. Die Papageien, monographisch bearbeitet. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2 vii 996 pp. 5 pls (333); 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 (390); based on le Grand Perroquet verd de la Nouvelle Guineé on p. 174 and pl. 105 in Sonnerat, P. 1776. Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée, Dans lequel on trouve la description des Lieux, des Observations physiques & morales, & des détails relatifs à l'Histoire Naturelle dans le Regne Animal & le Regne Végétal. Paris : Ruault xii 206 pp. 120 pls; for rejection of Psittacus pectoralis P.L.S. Müller as the senior name for this Papuan form, see Stresemann, E. 1952. On the birds collected by Pierre Poivre in Canton, Manila, India and Madagascar (1751–1756). Ibis 94: 499–523 [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) Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B [publication dated as from preface, 12 June 1919 given in Appendix B]], corroborated by Mees, G.F. 1972. Die Vögel der insel Gebe. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 46: 69–98; type material of polychloros Scopoli, 1786 since destroyed in Paris, see Stresemann, E. 1952. On the birds collected by Pierre Poivre in Canton, Manila, India and Madagascar (1751–1756). Ibis 94: 499–523 [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) Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B [publication dated as from preface, 12 June 1919 given in Appendix B]]].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂ (destroyed, ex P. Sonnerat, figured in Sonnerat, P. 1776. Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée, Dans lequel on trouve la description des Lieux, des Observations physiques & morales, & des détails relatifs à l'Histoire Naturelle dans le Regne Animal & le Regne Végétal. Paris : Ruault xii 206 pp. 120 pls), Gebe, Irian Jaya (as Nouvelle Guinée (Sonnerat), in Indiis orientalibus (Scopoli)).

  Type locality references:

  Stresemann, E. 1952. On the birds collected by Pierre Poivre in Canton, Manila, India and Madagascar (1751–1756). Ibis 94: 499-523 [520]; Mees, G.F. 1972. Die Vögel der insel Gebe. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 46: 69-98.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NW islands of Torres Strait (Boigu, Dauan and Saibai ) adjacent to coast of New Guinea—also widespread throughout lowland New Guinea and its off-shore islands.

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, gregarious, nomadic, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, sexually dimorphic, visits N islands in Torres Strait from mainland New Guinea temporarily to feed in rainforest trees by day.

General References

Draffan, R.D.W., Garnett, S.T. & Malone, S.J. 1983. Birds of the Torres Strait: an annotated list and biogeographical analysis. The Emu 83: 207-234 (occurrence on Australian islands in Torres Strait)

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