Species Pyrrholaemus brunneus Gould, 1841

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• Pyrrholaemus brunneus Gould, J. 1841. In Proceedings of meeting of Zoological Society of London, Dec. 8, 1840. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 168-178 [Date published Jul 1841: publication dated 1840] [173].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 17620 ♂, South Australia.

  Type locality references:

  Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [217].
• Sericornis brunneus pallescens Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [353] [published as brunnea, an adjective — gender ending corrected accordingly: ICdZN Art. 30.1].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 601169 adult ♂ (Co-ordinates based on Whitlock's description of location), WA: Borewell (= Bore Well), East Murchison [26°52' S, 119°48' E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 601168 ♀?, WA: Kurrawang [30°49'S, 121°21'E]; AMNH 601170 ♂, WA: Lake Way, East Murchison [26°56'S, 120°28'E]
  Comment: Other specimens (AMNH 601171–601173) collected at Lake Way may also be paratypes (LeCroy, 2008).

  Type locality references:

  LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [140].
• Pyrrholaemus brunneus milligani Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 9 pp. 242-518. [Date published 3 Aug 1922] [489].

  Secondary source:

   Milligan, A.W. 1904. Notes on a trip to the Wongan Hills, W.A., with a description of a new Ptilotis. The Emu 4(1): 217-226 [Date published 1 Jul 1904] [222].
• Pyrrholaemus brunneus kalgoorlie Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 9 pp. 242-518. [Date published 3 Aug 1922] [489].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AMNH 601177 ♂, WA: Crookerdine Lake, Southern Cross [31°13'S, 119°20"E]; AMNH 601178 ♀, WA: Crookerdine Lake, Southern Cross [31°13'S, 119°20"E].

  Type locality references:

  LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [141].
• Pyrrholaemus brunneus centra Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 9 pp. 242-518. [Date published 3 Aug 1922] [489].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AMNH 601180 adult ♂, SA: Officer River (=Creek), west of Everard Ranges [27ᵒ40'S, 132ᵒ19'E]; AMNH 601182 adult ♂, SA: Everard Ranges; AMNH 601183 ♀, SA: Everard Ranges; AMNH 601184 adult ♂, SA: Flat Rockhole, 20 miles east of Musgrave Ranges [26°34'S, 132°26'E]; AMNH 601185 adult ♂, SA: 10–15 miles west of Moorilyanna (= Morrillanna) Well; AMNH 601186 Adult ♂, SA: 10–15 miles west of Moorilyanna (= Morrillanna) Well; AMNH 601186 Adult ♂, SA: 10–15 miles west of Moorilyanna (= Morrillanna) Well; AMNH 601187 Adult ♂, SA: 10–15 miles west of Moorilyanna (= Morrillanna) Well; AMNH 601188 Adult ♂, SA: Wantapella Swamp [27°01'S, 133°27'E]; AMNH 601189 adult ♂, SA: Wantapella Swamp [27°01'S, 133°27'E]; AMNH 601190 adult ♀, SA: 80 mi west of Oodnadatta; AMNH 601191 adult ♀, SA: 90 miles west of Todmorden.

  Type locality references:

  LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [140-141].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Casuarina-cypress woodland, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, mulga woodland.

 

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [45] (Redthroat, Red-throated Scrubwren)

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. (Redthroat)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2018	ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854	05-Dec-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)