Species Psophodes (Sphenostoma) occidentalis (Mathews, 1912)

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Species Psophodes (Sphenostoma) occidentalis (Mathews, 1912)

Chiming Wedgebill

Sphenostoma cristatum occidentale Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [378] [senior to simultaneously published Sphenostoma cristatum tanami Mathews, 1912 by action of first revisers, Ford & Parker, Emu 73(1973: 113-118) ICdZN Art. 24.2].
Sphenostoma cristatum tanami Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [379] [junior to simultaneously published Sphenostoma cristatum occidentale Mathews, 1912 by action of first revisers, Ford & Parker, Emu 73 (1973: 113-118) ICdZN Art. 24.2].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

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, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Low sclerophyll heath, mulga woodland.

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. (Chiming Wedgebill)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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