Species Spatula rhynchotis Latham, 1801

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anas rhynchotis Latham, J. 1801. Supplement II. to the General Synopsis of Birds. London : Leigh, Sotheby & Son 376 pp. 120-140 pls. [publication dated as 1801 - see Schodde et al. (2010)] [359, lxx].
• Spatula variegata Gould, J. 1856. On two new species of birds (Nestor notobilis and Spatula variegata) from the collection of Walter Mantell, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856(24): 94-95 [95].

 

Generic Combinations

• Spatula rhynchotis (Latham, 1801). —
  Gray, J.E. 1843. Additional radiated animals and annelides. pp. 177-295 in Dieffenbach, E. (ed). Fauna of New Zealand. Travels in New Zealand, with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of that country. London : John Murray Vol. 2. [198] (changed combination cited)

 

Introduction

Previously treated with S. variegata (New Zealand) as a subspecies, however now believed to be monotypic (see Kear, 2005; Gonzalez et al., 2009; and Gill et al. 2010)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also New Zealand

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [47]

Gonzalez, J., Düttmann, H. & Wink, M 2009. Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae. Journal of Zoology, London 279: 310-318

Kear, J. (ed.) 2005. Ducks, Geese and Swans. Oxford : Oxford University Press 1, 908 pp.

 

Common Name References

Gill, F.B. & Wright, M. 2006. Birds of the world: recommended English names. New Jersey : Princeton University Press pp.i-ix, 1-259. [21] (Australasian Shoveler)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	ANATIDAE Leach, 1820	17-Feb-2021	ADDED