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CAVS: 8981

Subspecies Todiramphus (Todiramphus) sanctus norfolkiensis (Tristram, 1885)

  • Halcyon norfolkiensis Tristram, H.B. 1885. On two birds from Norfolk Island. Ibis 5 3: 48-49 [49] [also as incorrect subsequent spelling, norfolkensis and attributed to Layard and Tristram by Tristram, H.B. 1889. Catalogue of a Collection of Birds belonging to H.B. Tristram., D.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Durham : H.B. Tristram xvi 278 pp. (93), and 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 (271); based on two specimens collected by E.L. Layard in Oct. 1879, cf. Mathews, G.M. 1928. The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant with Additions to "The Birds of Australia". London : H.F. & G. Witherby xii 139 pp. pls 1–45; for their identification and deposition, see Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.; Wagstaffe, R. 1978. Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums. Liverpool : Merseyside County Museums, Merseyside County Council 33 pp.].
    Type data:
     Lectotype LIVCM T. 6527 , Norfolk Is.
    Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1898.12.2.711 adult.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Presently restricted to main island.


Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, closed forest, diurnal, littoral, piscivore, sedentary, territorial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, feeds from forest edge to clearings and sea-shore in pouncing sallies from vantage perches, nests in hollows.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED