Subspecies Synoicus ypsilophora australis (Latham, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Perdix australis Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [306].
• Synoicus sordidus Gould, J. 1847. On eight species of Australian birds; and on Anthus minimus Vig. and Hors., as the type of a new genus Chthonicola Gould. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847: 31-35 [published Apr.] [33].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANSP ANSP 12327 Skin (Another syntype missing), South Australia.
• Synoicus cervinus Gould, J. 1865. Handbook to the Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 2 629 pp. [For publication date Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] [195].
• Coturnix australis melvillensis 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] [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 542393 Skin, Cooper's Camp, Melville Island, Northern Territory.
• Coturnix australis rogersi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [179].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 542387 Skin (Locality originally given as 'Parry's Creek'), Parry Creek, Western Australia [15°20'S 128°07'E].
• Coturnix australis mungi Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [179].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 542383 Skin, Mungi Rock Hole, 8 miles south-east of Mount Alexander, Western Australia [22°44'S 116°29'E].
• Coturnix australis queenslandicus 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] [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 542448 Skin, Cape York, Queensland.

 

Generic Combinations

• Synoicus ypsilophora australis (Latham, 1801).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [17] (Swamp Quail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	26-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		04-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		04-May-2011	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED