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Subspecies Ptilinopus magnificus keri (Mathews, 1912)

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CAVS: 8849

Subspecies Ptilinopus magnificus keri (Mathews, 1912)

  • Megaloprepia magnifica keri Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [184] [holotype figured on pl. 26 and described in detail on p. 116 but not named in Mathews, G.M. 1911. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 1 pt 2 pp. 97–136 pls 20–33 [31 Jan. 1911, volume publication dated as 1910–1911], as cited in original description].
    Type data:
     Holotype AMNH 61066 ♂ (G.M. Mathews' coll. no. 90), Bellenden Ker, N QLD
    Comment: for identification of holotype, see Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal NE QLD, north to Cooktown and Helenvale, inland to Windsor and Atherton tablelands, and south to Paluma Range-Mt Elliot, with outliers south in Clarke Range-Repulse Bay region and (?erratically) to Shoalwater Bay—also Dunk and Hinchinbrook Ils and, erratically, Green and smaller islands in Hinchinbrook group, QLD.


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

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, opportunistic breeder/seasonal breeder, arboreal fruit-eater in mid and upper stages of tropical and subtropical rainforest to 1000 m altitude, rather solitary, rests, roosts and nests in trees, wanders rather widely or locally to seasonal food sources.

 

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)