Subspecies Sericornis (Arfakornis) beccarii minimus Gould, 1875

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sericornis minimus Gould, J. 1875. The Birds of New Guinea and Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new Species recently discovered in Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 3. [pl. 7].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1881.5.1.339 immature unsexed (other specimens are mentioned in the description), Qld: Somerset, Cape York [10ᵒ47'S, 142ᵒ34'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1881.5.1.338 adult unsexed, Qld: Cape York; BMNH 1881.5.1.340 adult unsexed, Qld: Cape York; BMNH 1881.5.1.556 immature unsexed, Qld: Cape York.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Sharpe, R.B. 1883. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds in the collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae. Part 4. Containing the concluding portion of the Family Timeliidae (Babbling-Thrushes). London : British Museum Vol. 7 xvi + 698 pp. [305].

  Type locality references:

  Warren, R.L.M. & Harrison, C.J.O. 1971. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2 Passerines. London : British Museum vi 628 pp. [355].
• Sericornis brunneopygius Masters, G. 1876. Zoology of the Chevert. Ornithology. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 1: 44-64 [53].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM O.18601 adult ♂, Qld: Cape York Peninsula; AM O.46756 adult ♀ (formerly Macleay Museum (BT6)), Qld: Cape York Peninsula; AM O.46757 adult ♀ (formerly Macleay Museum (BT6)), Qld: Cape York Peninsula; AM O.46758 adult ♂ (formerly Macleay Museum (BT6)), Qld: Cape York Peninsula; AM O.46759 adult ♂ (formerly Macleay Museum (BT6)), Qld: Cape York Peninsula; AM O.46760 adult ♂ (formerly Macleay Museum (BT6)), Qld: Cape York Peninsula; AM O.46761 adult ♀ (formerly Macleay Museum (BT6)), Qld: Cape York Peninsula.

  Type locality references:

  Stanbury, P.J. 1969. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney III. Birds. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 93: 457-461 [459]; Longmore, N.W. 1991. Type specimens of birds in the Australian Museum. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum n 4: 1-42 [16].
• Sericornis minimus yorki Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 10. [Date published 28 Sep 1922] [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 601533 adult ♂, Qld: Piara [10°44'S, 142°34'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 601532 Unknown, Qld: Piara [10°44'S, 142°34'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 [133].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Cape York, QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, tropical rainforest.

 

History of changes

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