Species Tringa (Heteroscelus) brevipes (Vieillot, 1816)
Grey-tailed Tattler
- Totanus griseopygius Gould, J. 1848. On seven new species of Australian birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1848(16): 38-40 [Date published 14 Nov 1848] [39].
Type data:
Holotype.
Paratype(s) ANSP 11248 Adult ♀, Van Diemens Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Heteroscelus brevipes (Vieillot, 1816).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Siberian migrant, common coastal species in Australia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, mangrove, rock reef, tidal sandbar.
Common Name References
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Grey-tailed Tattler)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 25-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
20-Nov-2015 | SCOLOPACIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 09-Dec-2015 | MODIFIED | |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |