Subspecies Ptilinopus magnificus magnificus (Temminck, 1821)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Columba magnifica Temminck, C.J. 1821. Account of some new species of birds of the genera Psittacus and Columba, in the Museum of the Linnean Society. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 107-130 [publication dated as 1822] [125] [for identification of type specimen in BMNH, see Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls; Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2. (414–415); Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp., in last reference, this specimen is interpreted as holotype, but Temminck in the original description quotes a specimen given to him by W.S. Macleay, evidently in addition to the material kept in BMNH; lectotypification effected under ICZN Art. 74(a)(b)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1863.7.6.11 adult, Red Point, near Port Kembla, NSW (as Nouvelle Hollande, en face des cinq îles, proche de Red-point).
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH (C.J. Temminck Cabinet).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls. [168].

  Secondary source:

   Sharpe, R.B. 1906. Birds. pp. 79–515 in, The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 2.; Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

SE QLD, S Rockhampton to NE NSW, central east coast and adjacent ranges of east watershed of Great Dividing Range, north to Mackenzie-Dawson Rivers basin, QLD, and south to Hunter River valley, formerly to Illawarra district, NSW—also off-shore islands of Fraser, North and South Stradbroke, QLD.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, arboreal fruit-eater in mid and upper stages of lower altitude subtropical rainforest to about 800 m altitude, rather solitary, rests, roosts and nests in trees, wanders widely or locally to seasonal food sources with some northward dispersal in winter months and southward in summer.

 

General References

Frith, H.J. 1952. Notes on the pigeons of the Richmond River, N.S.W. The Emu 52: 89-99 (status, voice, nidification)

 

History of changes

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