Genus Syma Lesson, 1827
- Syma Lesson, R.P. 1827. Nouveau genre d'oiseau. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie Férussac 11: 443-444 [publication dated as 1826] [443] [also published in Lesson, R.P. In Duperrey, L.I. 1829. Voyage autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie. Paris : Arthus Bertrand Vol. 1 iv 734 pp. [appeared on Feb. 28, 1829, publication dated as 1826] (livr. 15, p. 688, 1830); also as incorrect subsequent spelling, Lyma by Selby, P.J. 1840. A Catalogue of the Generic and Sub-generic Types of the Class Aves, Birds, arranged according to the Natural System. Newcastle : T. & J. Hodgson 70 pp. (35)].
Type species:
Syma torotoro Lesson, 1827 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Lowland and montane New Guinea, see Rand, A.L. & Gilliard, E.T. 1967. Handbook of New Guinea Birds. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson x 612 pp. 53 pls; Rand, A.L. & Gilliard, E.T. 1967. Handbook of New Guinea Birds. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson x 612 pp. 53 pls (Halcyon torotoro (Lesson, 1827), H. megarhyncha (Salvadori, 1896).
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal, NE oceanic, Torres Strait Islands
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Papua New Guinea
Distribution References
General References
Beehler, B.M. & Finch, B.W. 1985. Species-Checklist of the Birds of New Guinea. Australasian Ornithological Monographs No. 1. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iii 126 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (generic arrangement)
Fry, C.H. 1980. The evolutionary biology of kingfishers (Alcedinidae). Living Bird 18: 113-160 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Peters, J.L. 1945. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 5 xi 306 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Rand, A.L. & Gilliard, E.T. 1967. Handbook of New Guinea Birds. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson x 612 pp. 53 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Sharpe, R.B. 1892. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Picariae. Coraciae (contin.) and Halcyones. London : British Museum Vol. 17 xi 522 pp. XVII pls. (generic arrangement)
Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (generic arrangement)
Wolters, H.E. 1976. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey pp. Lief. 2, 81-160. [122] (taxonomic decision for generic arrangement)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |