Subspecies Smicrornis brevirostris occidentalis Bonaparte, 1850

Museums

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• Smicrornis occidentalis Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus Generum Avium. Tom. I. Lugduni, Batavorum : E.J. Brill 543 pp. [Date published 24 Jun 1850] [293].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1881.5.1.292 ♂, WA: York [31°53'S, 116°46"E]; BMNH 1881.5.1.293 ♀, WA: York [31°53’S, 116°46”E].

  Type locality 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. [178].
• Smicrornis brevirostris viridescens Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [307].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 606242 Unknown, SA: Tailem Bend [35°17'S, 139°27'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 606243 Unknown, SA: Tailem Bend [35°17'S, 139°27'E]; AMNH 606244 ♂, SA: Murray Flats.

  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 [167].
• Smicrornis brevirostris stirlingi Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1(2): 25-52 [Date published 2 Apr 1912] [39].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 606253 adult ♀, WA: Stirling Range [34ᵒ23'S, 117ᵒ50'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 [167-168].
• Smicrornis brevirostris mallee Mathews, G.M. 1920. Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 8 xiv + 316 pp. [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 606233 adult ♀, Vic: Ouyen [35°06'S, 142°22'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 [167].
• Smicrornis brevirostris bonapartei Mathews, G.M. 1922. Additions and corrections. Austral Avian Records 5: 1-9 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 606260 adult ♂, WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 606261 ♂, WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'E]; AMNH 606266 ♀, WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'E]; AMNH 606267 Unknown, WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'E]; AMNH 606262 ♂ (Suggested as a possible additional paratype (LeCroy, 2008)), WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'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 [168].
• Smicrornis brevirostris occidentalis Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [307] [junior primary homonym of Smicrornis occidentalis Bonaparte, 1850].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 606260 adult ♂, WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 606261 ♂, WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'E]; AMNH 606266 ♀, WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'E]; AMNH 606267 Unknown, WA: Broomehill [33ᵒ51'S, 117ᵒ38'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 [168].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, eremic riverine woodland, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, temperate eucalypt, tropical eucalypt.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2018	ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854	13-Nov-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)