Species Stizoptera bichenovii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

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Generic Combinations

• Stizoptera bichenovii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827). —
  Hooper, D.M. & Price, T.D. 2015. Rates of karyotypic evolution in Estrildid finches differ between island and continental clades. Evolution 69(4): 890–903

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Stitzoptera bichenovii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [misspelling of Stizoptera]. —
  Hooper, D.M. & Price, T.D. 2015. Rates of karyotypic evolution in Estrildid finches differ between island and continental clades. Evolution 69(4): 890–903
• Taeniopygia bichenovii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [incorrect emendation of bichenovii (see Schodde & Longmore 2015)]. —
  David, N. & Dickinson, E.C. 2014. Appendix 8: Changes in the spellings of scientific names. In, Dickinson, E.C. & Christidis, L. (Eds). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Passerines. Eastbourne : Aves Press Vol. 2 4, pp.lii + 752.
  Schodde, R. & Longmore, W. 2015. The correct spelling of the specific name of the Double-barred Finch, Taeniopygia bichenovii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) (Passeriformes: Estrildidae). Zootaxa 3955(2): 299–300

Introduction

This species is retained in the genus Stizoptera following the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Olsson & Alström (2020).

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Riverina (RIV) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), 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), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Casuarina-cypress woodland, dry sclerophyll forest, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, paperbark woodland, temperate eucalypt, tropical eucalypt.

General References

Olsson, U. & Alström, P. 2020. A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: Art. 106757 [7]

Schodde, R. & Longmore, W. 2015. The correct spelling of the specific name of the Double-barred Finch, Taeniopygia bichenovii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) (Passeriformes: Estrildidae). Zootaxa 3955(2): 299–300

Common Name 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. (Double-barred Finch)

History of changes