Species Xanthotis macleayanus (E.P. Ramsay, 1875)

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Species Xanthotis macleayanus (E.P. Ramsay, 1875)

Macleay's Honeyeater

Ptilotis macleayana Ramsay, E.P. 1875. Description of a new species of Ptilotis, from the Endeavour River, with some remarks on the natural history of the East Coast Range, near Rockingham Bay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 9-12 [Date published 27 Apr 1875] [10].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM O.18563 adult, Qld: Cardwell area; AM O.18564 adult ♂, Qld: Herbert River Police Camp; AM O.18565 adult ♂, Qld: Herbert River Police Camp.
Ptilotis flavostriata Gould, 1875.
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1881.5.1.5580 adult unsexed, Qld: Rockingham Bay.
Caloptilotis macleayana johnstoni Mathews, G.M. 1916. List of additions of new sub-species to, and changes in, my "List of the Birds of Australia". Austral Avian Records 3(3): 53-68 [Date published 4 Apr 1916] [62].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Subtropical rainforest, tropical rainforest.

General References

David, N. & Gosselin, M. 2002. The grammatical gender of avian genera. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 122(4): 257-282 [267] (masculine)

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. (Macleay's Honeyeater)

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)
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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