Species Turdus philomelos Brehm, 1831

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Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • Norfolk Island
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, human habitation.

 

Nomenclatural details of nominate taxon, not in Australia

Turdus musicus Linnaeus, 1758 [rejected and invalid, suppressed for priority but not homonymy: ICmZN Opinion 551].

Turdus ericetorum Turton, 1807 [rejected and invalid, suppressed for priority but not homonymy: ICmZN Opinion 405].

Turdus philomelos Brehm, C.L. (1831). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Deutschlands, worin nach den sorgfältigsten Untersuchungen und den genauesten Beobächtungen mehr als 900 genauesten Vögel-Gattungen zur Begründung einer ganz neuen Ansicht und Behandlung ihrer Naturgeschichte vollständig beschrieben sind. Ilmenau, Bernh. Friedr. Voigt [382] [officially available: ICmZN Opinion 405].

 

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. (Song Thrush)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)