Genus Psitteuteles Bonaparte, 1854

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Genus Psitteuteles Bonaparte, 1854

Psitteuteles Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Tableau des perroquets. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 6: 145-158 [157] [published without description but based by reference on four nominal species including Trichoglossus versicolor Lear, 1831, and available under ICZN Art. 12(b)(5); also as incorrect subsequent spelling as Psittenteles by Giebel, C.G. 1877. Thesaurus ornithologiae. Repertorium der gesammten ornithologischen Literatur und Nomenclatur Sämmtlicher Gattungen und Arten der Vögel nebst Synonymen und geographischer Verbreitung. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus Dritter Bd vi 861 pp. [347]; for correct application of name, see Mathews, G.M. 1911. On some necessary alterations in the nomenclature of birds. Pt II. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 1–22 [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1913. New generic names, with some notes on others. Austral Avian Records 2: 55–62]].
Type species:
Trichoglossus versicolor Lear, 1831 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1855. Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum 192 pp. [88] (Gray incorrectly quoted the type species as Psitteuteles versicolor Vigors).
Ptilosclera Bonaparte, C.L. 1857. Remarques à Propos des Observations de M. Émile Blanchard sur les Caractères Ostéologiques chez les Oiseaux de la Famille des Psittacides, et Tableau des Genres de Perroquets. Disposés en Séries Parallèles. Paris : C.L. Bonaparte 9 pp. [7] [published Apr.; published without description but based by reference on Trichoglossus versicolor Vigors (=Lear, 1831) and available under ICZN Art. 12(B)(5); first published as nom. nud. in Bonaparte, C.L. 1857. Tableau des genres de perroquets disposés en séries parallèles. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 44: 595–597 (597; published Mar.)].
Type species:
Trichoglossus versicolor Lear, 1831 by original designation (as Tr. (=Trichoglossus) versicolor Vig. (=Vigors)).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. [109]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Montane New Guinea, E Lesser Sundas (Timor, Wetar).

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)