Species Ptiloris (Ptiloris) paradiseus Swainson, 1825

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Regional Maps

• Ptiloris paradiseus Swainson, W. 1825. On the characters and natural affinities of several new birds from Australasia; including some observations on the Columbidae. Zoological Journal London 1: 463-484 [Date published Jan 1825] [481].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 10351 ♂, NSW: northern New South Wales.
• Epimachus regius Lesson, 1825.
• Epimachus brisbanii Wilson, J 1827. Illustrations of Zoology; being Representations of New, Rare, or Remarkable Subjects of the Animal Kingdom, drawn and coloured after nature, with Historical and Descriptive Details. Part 3. Edinburgh : William Blackwood. [pl xi].
• Ptiloris paradiseus queenslandicus Mathews, G.M. 1923. Additions and Corrections to my Lists of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 5: 33-44 [Date published 21 Feb 1923] [42] [as Ptioris paradisea queenslandica — but gender of Ptiloris Swainson is masculine, and the gender ending of the epithets is emended accordingly].

  Type data:

   Holotype Qld: Blackall Range.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Rainforest from northeast NSW to southeast QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Subtropical rainforest.

 

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. (Paradise Riflebird)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	09-Nov-2020	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)