Subgenus Tanysiptera (Uralcyon) Heine, 1860
- Uralcyon Heine, F. 1860. Ueber einige neue oder weniger bekannte vögel des "Museum Heineanum". Journal of Ornithology 7: 401-407 [406] [for designation of type species, see Mathews, G.M. 1930. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. Pt 2 pp. London : British Ornithologists' Union 427–1048 pp. (Appendix, p. 917)].
Type species:
Tanysiptera sylvia Gould, 1850 by monotypy.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
ALCEDINIDAE: Tanysiptera galatea G.R. Gray, 1859 — Schodde, R. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (the Southern Island Pied Oystercatcher is reported but not confirmed from Lord Howe Island; previously assigned CAVS no. 0744)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
New Guinea and New Britain.
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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Papua New Guinea
Distribution References
- Peters, J.L. 1945. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 5 xi 306 pp. (Tanysiptera sylvia Gould, 1850)
- Wolters, H.E. 1975–1982. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey xx 745 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 10-Nov-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 09-Nov-2015 | ALCEDINIDAE | 28-Feb-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Oct-2015 | ALCEDINIDAE | 10-Nov-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | MODIFIED |